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Secrets of the Lost Empires


Secrets of the Lost Empires
Secrets of Lost Empires is a special five-part NOVA series originally aired in February of 2000. In the series, NOVA crews attempt to ferret out long-forgotten secrets of early architects and engineers. How did they design and erect the medieval war machines known as trebuchets? Egyptian obelisks? The Easter Island stone monoliths called moais? Roman baths? The rainbow bridges of ancient China?

Genre: Documentary, Special Interest

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  • Watch Secrets of the Lost Empires Season 1

    • Episode 5

      China Bridge

      aired: Tue, Feb 29, 2000

      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/ - Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars help reveal the intricate mysteries behind the revolutionary strength and elegance of the Rainbow Bridge.

    • Episode 4

      Roman Bath

      aired: Tue, Feb 22, 2000

      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/ - Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details of what life was really like for ancient Roman citizens, and in the process, discover the engineering feats that made these baths such an impressive achievement.

    • Episode 3

      Easter Island

      aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2000

      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/ - Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the "moai," the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace and harmony, yet resulted in geological disaster.

    • Episode 2

      Pharaoh's Obelisk

      aired: Tue, Feb 8, 2000

      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/ - Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive 500-ton granite monoliths that have stood for thousands of years in tribute to their unparalleled early civilization.

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