Changing the way we think about the past. ANCIENT DISCOVERIES changes the way we think about the distant past. While we entertain visions of a simpler unsophisticated time the truth is much more complicated & fascinating than we imagine. Countless modern inventions may have been conceived thousands of years ago in such far-away lands as ancient Egypt Greece Turkey & the Far East. Go back millennia to see how our ancestors’ grandest ideas mirror those of modern society. From the earliest mining machines & the technology that built some of our most impressive cities to the gruesome practices of ancient medicine we investigate the fascinating & diverse world of ancient history. This fresh eye-opening series – often filmed on location where historical events actually happened & using brilliant lifelike computer animation – applies the latest scholarship to reconsider common beliefs about ancient times.