Exploring early Japan, Chinese Dynasties and India, this series journeys into the technological past that shaped our world. Travel back in time to understand the motivations behind early solutions and inventions. Much of the science and technology we consider to be
Biblical Disasters
To illustrate the essential humanity of tragedy, Biblical Disasters travels back thousands of years to examine Biblical tales of woe, loss and death, comparing these ancient accounts to modern events. With fresh looks at the stories of Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah and the plagues of Egypt, we illuminate the human element of these cautionary tales.
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah, fabled cities of such immorality and decadence that they incurred the wrath of God. This is a story of wickedness and destruction, and an attempt at salvation. But is this Biblical story of sex and punishment actually a historical account of a natural disaster?
Noah
This incredible series changes the way we think about the distant past. While we entertain visions of a simpler, unsophisticated time, the truth is much more complicated and frightening than we might imagine. Filmed on location where historical events actually took place and using brilliant, lifelike computer animation, Ancient Discoveries applies that latest scholarship to reconsider common beliefs about the weapons and tactics used thousands of years ago. Reconstructions of primitive machines and hands-on demonstrations reveal the horrifying effects that these weapons had on the battlefield and illustrates the extraordinary ingenuity of the engineer who built them.
The Very name of King Arthur evokes a whole world of chivalry and romance, of gleaming castles, gallant knights and beautiful ladies. With the attributes of a god and the failings of a man, Arthur is the perfect hero for all people at all times. His story contains all the ingredients of classic adventure: bravery, love, betrayal and tragedy and, through it all, a vein of magic that has fired the imagination and lifted the heart for centuries.
Here, HISTORY takes an in-depth look at the romantic images of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table that have epitomised the notion of chivalry. We try to separate the truth from the legends and join Arthur and his knights in the famous quest for the Holy Grail
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 and fascinating than we could possible imagine. Countless modern inventions may have been conceived thousands of years ago in such far-away lands as ancient Egypt, Greece, Turkey and the Far East. Now, join the experts as they travel back through the millennia to see how our ancestor
Exploring the Ancient Greece, Roman Empire and the early Egyptians, this series journeys into the technological past that shaped our world. Travel back in time to understand the motivation behind early solutions and inventions. We learn that much of the science and technology we consider to be