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Technological Marvels of the Ancient World

Impossible discoveries have been made. Some of the world's greatest historical inventions are merely reinventions of contraptions made thousands of years before. See the incredible ingenuity of history's great minds as the secrets of these ancient discoveries are unraveled.

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Returning Series

Original Name

Technological Marvels of the Ancient World

First Air Date

August 21, 2005

Last Air Date

August 21, 2005

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Language

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S01E06

Power

Ancient mechanical devices are examined: A jar that appears to be an electric battery, a flour mill in France that is run by waterwheels, and Archimedes use of solar power to defeat the Romans.

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