Ancient Impossible - Season 1 - Eps 10: Extreme Engineering

2014-09-0743 min⭐ 7.5/10

When faced with impossible situations, the ancients didn't simply give up, they pursued the impossible. How did they get troops across a nearly 4,000 foot river? How do you get oil from the ground without the use of modern drilling techniques? And how did they build a water tank which contained 3 million cubic feet of water, enough to provide for an entire city? What ingenious techniques did Caesar use to assemble a bridge to cross the Rhine, in only 10 days? The ancients created incredible structures to overcome these obstacles, often taking on and beating nature, using engineering methods that seem more modern than you would imagine.

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About Ancient Impossible

Ancient Impossible

Title: Ancient Impossible

First Air Date: 2015-06-29

Last Air Date: 2015-07-06

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.5/10 (from 2 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 10

Network: History

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Wild Dream Films

Synopsis

Ancient Impossible, the new H2 series, picks up where HISTORY’s long running Ancient Discoveries left off. In this next generation of storytelling, Ancient Impossible reveals how many of today’s technological achievements were actually developed centuries ago. Colossal monuments, impossible feats of engineering and technologies so precise they defy reinvention–the ancient world was far more advanced than we ever imagined. We’ll travel through history to reveal a radically different picture of the past, with innovations so far ahead of their time, they’re still in use today. New science uncovers a lost world more like our own than we ever suspected, and reveals how modern technology has its blueprint in the ancient world.

Cast

Steve Wolf

Steve Wolf

Himself - Host

Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes

Self

Mary-Ann Ochota

Mary-Ann Ochota

Self

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