Discover theiMiracles of Ancient Inventions.

Shot on location in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Ancient Discoveries unearths amazing technologies we think of as modern, but which actually have their origins in antiquity. The series travels back in time to uncover remarkably sophisticated inventions and to celebrate the ancient engineers whose ingenuity laid the foundations for today's technology.

Includes the Episodes:
1. Computing - The Antikythera Mechanism, Ctesibius' Water Clock
2. Medicine - Brain Surgery and Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators
3. Robotics - Heron of Alexandria's Miracle Machines and Steam Engine
4. Warfare - Greek Fire, Roman Battering Rams, Helepolis Siege Towers
5. Ships - Roman Naval Engineering and Caligula's Lake Nemi Pleasure Barges
6. Power - The Baghdad Battery, Roman Water Wheels, Archimedes Death Ray