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Ancient Engineering

Medieval engineers understood that the gate house was the crucial point for security and...

Medieval engineers understood that the gate house was the crucial point for security and we see this reflected in the design of Cheyenne, with its two giant blast doors

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Medieval engineers understood that the gate house
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was the crucial point for security
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and we see this reflected in the design of Cheyenne,
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with its two giant blast doors.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:10
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
AM Trading,Avatar Productions,Sutjeska Film

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A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.
S01 • E02 Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns
S01 • E01 Super highways stretching from city to city, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Super highways stretching from city to city,
S01 • E05 Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions, - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions,
S01 • E04 Each is made of concrete and steel - Ancient Engineering 00:07
Each is made of concrete and steel
S01 • E03 If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow. - Ancient Engineering 00:06
If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow.
S01 • E02 Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter
S01 • E01 But solid roads have been around a lot longer - Ancient Engineering 00:11
But solid roads have been around a lot longer
S01 • E05 10 years later, it became the official religion - Ancient Engineering 00:06
10 years later, it became the official religion
S01 • E04 Cheyenne's effectiveness - Ancient Engineering 00:11
Cheyenne's effectiveness
S01 • E03 If the Nile flood was too high, - Ancient Engineering 00:05
If the Nile flood was too high,
S01 • E05 By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen. - Ancient Engineering 00:05
By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen.
S01 • E03 This precarious existence - Ancient Engineering 00:06
This precarious existence
S01 • E02 There's something romantic about it. - Ancient Engineering 00:05
There's something romantic about it.
S01 • E04 But where did the ideas - Ancient Engineering 00:06
But where did the ideas
S01 • E05 It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire - Ancient Engineering 00:06
It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire
S01 • E03 And in order to protect the bodies of their dead, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
And in order to protect the bodies of their dead,
S01 • E01 It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places.
S01 • E02 But the people that built the first brick walled homes - Ancient Engineering 00:06
But the people that built the first brick walled homes
S01 • E05 The Byzantine empire was the most important economic, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
The Byzantine empire was the most important economic,
S01 • E04 Throughout the ancient world, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Throughout the ancient world,