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Ancient Engineering

The ancients molded clay into rectangular blocks and left them in the sun

The ancients molded clay into rectangular blocks and left them in the sun

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The ancients molded clay
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into rectangular blocks and left them in the sun.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:59
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 The Basilican form is not a religious building - Ancient Engineering 00:05
The Basilican form is not a religious building
S01 • E03 Were they really enormous burial places - Ancient Engineering 00:05
Were they really enormous burial places
S01 • E01 Archeologists named it the Sweet track - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Archeologists named it the Sweet track
S01 • E02 Drying made them stronger - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Drying made them stronger
S01 • E05 A Basilica was always a predictable - Ancient Engineering 00:06
A Basilica was always a predictable
S01 • E04 We still want to be secure in our buildings - Ancient Engineering 00:15
We still want to be secure in our buildings
S01 • E03 Even the ancient Egyptians looked back generations later - Ancient Engineering 00:07
Even the ancient Egyptians looked back generations later
S01 • E01 The Sweet track is an amazingly neat solution - Ancient Engineering 00:10
The Sweet track is an amazingly neat solution
S01 • E05 It would have a nave and two or more aisles at each side, - Ancient Engineering 00:14
It would have a nave and two or more aisles at each side,
S01 • E02 These individual blocks - Ancient Engineering 00:08
These individual blocks
S01 • E03 To find answers, we need to go back - Ancient Engineering 00:05
To find answers, we need to go back
S01 • E01 This remarkable find turned out to be one - Ancient Engineering 00:06
This remarkable find turned out to be one
S01 • E04 Today, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Today,
S01 • E02 When you're building with a brick, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
When you're building with a brick,
S01 • E05 Many of the features that would be found - Ancient Engineering 00:05
Many of the features that would be found
S01 • E01 Very simple kind of X shape, - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Very simple kind of X shape,
S01 • E05 Essentially the Gothic cathedral did originate - Ancient Engineering 00:05
Essentially the Gothic cathedral did originate
S01 • E03 Over 5,000 years ago, - Ancient Engineering 00:12
Over 5,000 years ago,
S01 • E04 Indebted to the ideas and engineering - Ancient Engineering 00:11
Indebted to the ideas and engineering
S01 • E02 Humanity's 10,000 year love affair with a brick - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Humanity's 10,000 year love affair with a brick