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Ancient Engineering

So in places like the Fertile Crescent, we start to see the beginnings of what we really...

So in places like the Fertile Crescent, we start to see the beginnings of what we really understand as urban life

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So in places like the Fertile Crescent,
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we start to see the beginnings
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of what we really understand as urban life.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:25
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
AM Trading,Avatar Productions,Sutjeska Film

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Movie Summary

A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.
S01 • E05 Mainly constructed between 1163 and 1250, - Ancient Engineering 00:13
Mainly constructed between 1163 and 1250,
S01 • E01 Marshy land, boggy land, potentially treacherous land. - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Marshy land, boggy land, potentially treacherous land.
S01 • E03 The size makes it impressive, - Ancient Engineering 00:05
The size makes it impressive,
S01 • E02 In place of rough shelters, - Ancient Engineering 00:12
In place of rough shelters,
S01 • E04 Vast and sophisticated water defenses, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
Vast and sophisticated water defenses,
S01 • E01 It's not new for people to want to cross things - Ancient Engineering 00:06
It's not new for people to want to cross things
S01 • E03 Built with over 2 million stone blocks. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
Built with over 2 million stone blocks.
S01 • E01 Could an important discovery reveal - Ancient Engineering 00:07
Could an important discovery reveal
S01 • E03 Some seemed to weigh as much as two and a half tons. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
Some seemed to weigh as much as two and a half tons.
S01 • E04 It's an example - Ancient Engineering 00:12
It's an example
S01 • E05 Taking great risks - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Taking great risks
S01 • E03 And these fits together like a jigsaw puzzle. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
And these fits together like a jigsaw puzzle.
S01 • E02 At the center of this revolution was Jericho - Ancient Engineering 00:06
At the center of this revolution was Jericho
S01 • E03 The expertise that went - Ancient Engineering 00:05
The expertise that went
S01 • E01 A distinctive landscape formed over the centuries - Ancient Engineering 00:06
A distinctive landscape formed over the centuries
S01 • E05 There was this challenge of massive construction - Ancient Engineering 00:09
There was this challenge of massive construction
S01 • E03 It's a triumph against impossible odds. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
It's a triumph against impossible odds.
S01 • E04 Grand circular turrets, - Ancient Engineering 00:13
Grand circular turrets,
S01 • E02 Archeologists long believed a muddy hill was that remained - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Archeologists long believed a muddy hill was that remained
S01 • E03 Believed to have been constructed in just 20 years, - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Believed to have been constructed in just 20 years,