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13 Episodes 0 - 2009
Episode 1
Thu, Nov 5, 200944 mins
Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack, from medieval kite bombs to ancient China's whistling arrows.
Episode 2
Thu, Nov 12, 200944 mins
Examine some of the strangest and deadliest weapons ever built. Hidden in an ancient manuscript lies a secret recipe for ancient tracer fire, but does it really work? Did a nine-barreled medieval volley gun mark the birth of the modern machine gun?
Episode 3
Fri, Dec 4, 200944 mins
Holding off invasion and protecting its people, ancient civilizations came up with creative, efficient, and effective means of self-protection and defense. Go behind some of history's most impregnable walls.
Episode 4
Thu, Dec 10, 200944 mins
Investigate the systems by which ancient intelligence services transmitted messages over thousands of miles and the ways in which they manipulated darts, poisons, and even explosives.
Episode 5
Fri, Dec 18, 200944 mins
Modern medicine it isn't, but at the time, it was the best that could be done - and perhaps it may have new applications in our world.
Episode 6
Fri, Dec 18, 200944 mins
Track down the manual that explained Vietnamese military secrets, discover King Mithridates' "burning mud," and learn how the terrorist booby-traps and letter bombs of today were invented hundreds of years ago.
Episode 7
Fri, Dec 18, 200944 mins
Exactly as they do today, ancient commandos fought deep behind enemy lines in some of the harshest terrains know to man. Discover the secrets and triumphs of these daring and oft-outnumbered elite forces.
Episode 8
44 mins
Discover through epic experiments how the ancient Romans captured enemy ships from underwater; the secrets of the samurai sword; and how the Japanese protected galloping cavalrymen with thin layers of silk.
Episode 9
44 mins
Ancient Indian weapons, booby traps and how camels were used as the first tanks.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 22, 200944 mins
Amazingly, some world records that still stand today were set in the ancient world. Explore how changing measurements and values have made the ancient world's greatest wonders even more impressive with time.
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 22, 200944 mins
Dive in to experiments and demonstrations of the ways in which ancient man pushed technological boundaries to the limit to conquer the depths of the oceans and defend the freedoms of the seas.
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 22, 200944 mins
Delve into the rituals and mysteries surrounding mummification, crucifixion, 15th-century forensic science, and China's famous terracotta army.
Episode 13
Mon, Dec 28, 200944 mins
In Mexico, explorers use am ancient Mayan temple code to search for an occult underworld engineered in the depths of the earth; and in Greece, archaeologists solve the mystery of an eerie sanctuary of flying ghosts.