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Ancient Engineering

When you're building with a brick, what you're essentially doing is taking the earth...

When you're building with a brick, what you're essentially doing is taking the earth beneath your feet, finding a way of turning that into a wall

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When you're building with a brick,
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what you're essentially doing
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is taking the earth beneath your feet,
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finding a way of turning that into a wall.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:23
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 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
S01 • E01 It was a simple - Ancient Engineering 00:05
It was a simple
S01 • E05 So it all evolves throughout the next two, three, 400 years. - Ancient Engineering 00:06
So it all evolves throughout the next two, three, 400 years.
S01 • E05 Basilicas like the cathedrals that came after them - Ancient Engineering 00:10
Basilicas like the cathedrals that came after them
S01 • E04 It's been designed to withstand any type of threat, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
It's been designed to withstand any type of threat,
S01 • E02 From the first handmade mud varieties - Ancient Engineering 00:07
From the first handmade mud varieties
S01 • E03 For the ancient Egyptians - Ancient Engineering 00:05
For the ancient Egyptians
S01 • E01 As they've grown, roads have completely reshaped human life. - Ancient Engineering 00:05
As they've grown, roads have completely reshaped human...
S01 • E04 This giant bunker - Ancient Engineering 00:12
This giant bunker
S01 • E02 Down the centuries, bricks have hardly changed. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
Down the centuries, bricks have hardly changed.
S01 • E03 Annual floods brought nutrient rich waters - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Annual floods brought nutrient rich waters
S01 • E05 What happens is that these basilicas are taken over - Ancient Engineering 00:06
What happens is that these basilicas are taken over
S01 • E01 In the last hundred years, - Ancient Engineering 00:15
In the last hundred years,
S01 • E02 And the reason they're much the same - Ancient Engineering 00:09
And the reason they're much the same
S01 • E05 The Basilica form is then reproduced again - Ancient Engineering 00:07
The Basilica form is then reproduced again