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Ancient Discoveries

★ 7.6 283 votes 2003–2009 6 seasons · 42 episodes Ended History
Starring
Phil Crowley
Starring
Phil Crowley
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About

Ancient Discoveries was a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on The History Channel. The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented. The program was a follow-up to a special originally broadcast in 2005 which focused on technologies from the Ancient Roman era such as the Antikythera mechanism and inventors such as Heron of Alexandria. Episodes of the regular series expanded to cover other areas such as Egypt, China and East Asia, and the Islamic world. Ancient Discoveries was made for The History Channel by Wild Dream Films based in Cardiff in the UK. Much of the filming was done on location across the world. The series used contributions from archaeologists and other experts, footage of historical sites and artifacts, computer generated reconstructions and dramatized reconstructions along with experiments and tests on reconstructed artifacts.

All Seasons

Season 12003
8.0293
Season 22005
8.48350m
Season 32007
6.893107h 23m
Season 42008
7.05364h 27m
Season 52008
6.87075h 15m
Season 62009
6.696139h 32m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Phil Crowley Narrator, Self - Narrator
Richard Windley Self - Model Maker, Self, Self - Automaton Maker
Bettany Hughes Self - Classical Historian, Self - Historian and Author
Stephen Kemble Self - Narrator
Mike Loades Self - Historical Weapons Expert
Andrew Lambert Self - Military Historian
Harry Sidebottom Self - University of Oxford, Self - Professor, University of Oxford
John Naylor Self - Experimental Archaeologist
James Dean Self - 3D Analyst
Christopher Kelly Self - University of Cambridge

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