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What The Ancients Did For Us
 

What The Ancients Did For Us

 
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Adam inspects a rock

On bbc.co.uk/history

There's much more to discover about the ancients on bbc.co.uk/history - including Adam's look at Roman technology and Simon Singh on cracking hieroglyphics.

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About the series

Adam Hart-Davis, a number of experts and thousands of years of Human history: Find out more  about the series  which explores the legacy of the ages.
 
9 x 1 hour programmes

Adam Hart-Davis and his co-presenters, Hermione Cockburn, Jamie Darling and Amani Zain, take us on a journey into the world of ancient technology and lost civilisations, revealing an astonishing array of ideas and innovations long before they appeared in our modern industrial age.

Original BBC TWO 2005 Transmission dates

  1. The Islamic World - 16th Feb 8pm
  2. The Chinese - 23rd Feb 8pm
  3. The Aztecs, Maya and Incas - 2nd Mar 8pm
  4. The Romans - 9th Mar 8pm
  5. The Indians - 16th Mar 8pm
  6. The Mesopotamians - 23rd Mar 8pm
  7. The Egyptians - 30th Mar 8pm
  8. The Greeks - 6th Apr 8pm
  9. The Britons - 13th Apr 8pm

A BBC History / Open University co-production

A BBC History - Open University co-production

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