Ancient Inventions

Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by former Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is split into 3 episodes, namely City Life, Sex and Love, and War and Conflicts, all around 50 min long.

External links

  • Ancient Inventions at the Internet Movie Database
  • Official dvd release

    • See also

  • Ancient Discoveries
  • The Re-Inventors


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    Robin Carolan – Nosferatu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    The Quietus 21 Nov 2024
    The score feels contemporary in its writing, but its colours suggest a far more complicated palette than usual, with an orchestra built of sixty string players, harp, woodwinds, percussion, a variety of ancient horns and pipes, and, of course, a choir. Carolan’s use of the choir is wonderfully inventive at times, and often panic-inducing ... .......
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    Iraq bans alcohol in hotels and clubs, bringing country close to near-total ban

    The Spokesman-Review 20 Nov 2024
    Iraq on Monday officially banned alcohol in social clubs and hotels - among the last venues serving booze - in what might be the last step in the country’s drawn-out process of stamping out alcohol ... Alcohol has a long, on-and-off history in Iraq. Beer is thought to have been invented by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia some 5,000 years ago....
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    Football was Invented in Ancient Greece and it was Called Episkyros

    Greek City Times 15 Nov 2024
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    12,000-Year-Old Stones Reveal Possible Early Use of Wheel-Like Technology

    Ancient Origins 13 Nov 2024
    A Revolutionary Invention. Tracing the Origins of Ancient Wheels Enigmatic Ancient Wheel ... She adds that by reconstructing and testing these tools, researchers are able to connect modern technology with the resourcefulness of our ancient ancestors, revealing a continuous link between early invention and current-day scientific methods....
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    I Witness China | What ancient Chinese books look like before invention of paper

    Xinhua 13 Nov 2024
    ... writing before the invention of paper ... What ancient Chinese books look like before invention of paper....
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    Humans had the write stuff 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, new evidence suggests

    AOL 12 Nov 2024
    “The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing in southwest Asia has long been recognised, but the relationship between specific seal images and sign shapes has hardly been explored”, said co-author Prof Silvia Ferrara, from the University of Bologna....
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    At Lands End in San Francisco, a 78-year-old landmark is still bending light using ancient technology

    East Bay Times 11 Nov 2024
    Based on ancient technology, this unique attraction is still available to those who pay their $3 cash-only admission — the price has gone unchanged for decades — and enjoy an unusual view of the beach, Seal Rocks, Sutro Heights and the vast area at Lands End ... “The idea of light traveling in a straight line goes back to the ancient Greeks.”....
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    10 Best Shows About Ancient Rome, Ranked

    Collider 10 Nov 2024
    It has been a fascinating subject for many, as many concepts and ......
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    November Brings Disturbingly Few Blondes

    The American Spectator 10 Nov 2024
    I understand that people are very upset that the angonoka turtles are disappearing, but what has me on edge is the slow extinction of blondes ... The ancients invented bonfires and braziers, and then we spoiled it with electrical appliances that smell of short circuits, and are just as good at warming your hands as grilling steaks ... And of going gray ... ....
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    Interview: Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee, authors, The Moral Contagion

    Hindustan Times 09 Nov 2024
    You write that the idea for your book came during the onset of Covid-19. How did you decide to draft it as a graphic novel?. Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee, authors, The Moral Contagion. (HT Team). Julia Hauser ... 140pp, ₹699; HarperCollins ... JH ... JH ... SB ... It was first invented in ancient Greece and was manufactured and consumed in Persia, India, and Europe....
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    The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World

    Business Line 08 Nov 2024
    So many among us have for long been making phantasmal claims of our ancients having invented the atom bomb or developed the internet. All this is rather annoyingly ridiculous considering that ancient India had many genuinely spectacular achievements to flaunt in every field of human endeavour....
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    Global Times: Crucial role of bamboo and wooden slips in devt of Chinese written scripts revealed

    Longview News-Journal 07 Nov 2024
    7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Before the invention of paper, ......
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    Xi urges Hubei to write its own chapter in Chinese modernization

    ECNS 07 Nov 2024
    On Monday afternoon, Xi visited an exhibition of ancient bamboo and wooden writing slips from the dynasties of Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (202 BC-AD 220) at a museum in Yunmeng County, the city of Xiaogan ... Before the invention of paper, bamboo and wooden slips were the primary writing medium in ancient China ... .......

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