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Ancient Impossible

Season 1
How did the Ancients move impossibly huge objects? Why did the Roman forces at the siege of Masada decide to shift an entire mountain by hand?
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Ultimate Weapons
    June 28, 2014
    42min
    TV-PG
    We think of weapons of mass destruction as a modern concept, but the ancients also created fearsome weapons.
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  2. S1 E2 - Moving Mountains
    July 5, 2014
    41min
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    How did the Ancients move impossibly huge objects? Why did the Roman forces at the siege of Masada decide to shift an entire mountain by hand?
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  3. S1 E3 - Monster Monuments
    July 12, 2014
    42min
    TV-PG
    A massive monument carved out of solid rock, a monster-sized super-dome that defies the laws of gravity. These awe inspiring feats of engineering defy explanation.
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  4. S1 E4 - Warrior Tech
    July 19, 2014
    41min
    TV-PG
    Today, modern soldiers are equipped with all the latest battlefield technology. But what cutting edge weapons and defenses were the ancient warriors armed with?
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  5. S1 E5 - Ancient Einsteins
    July 26, 2014
    41min
    TV-PG
    Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, these are some of the most ingenious minds in history.
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  6. S1 E6 - Power Tools
    August 3, 2014
    41min
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    These tools are not from the modern world, but are in fact thousands of years old. Most would be lost to time and not again for centuries. How was the ancient world able to create such incredible power tools?
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  7. S1 E7 - Greatest Ships
    August 10, 2014
    41min
    TV-PG
    Some of the greatest ships in history were actually designed, built and sailed thousands of years ago.
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  8. S1 E8 - Biggest Builds
    August 17, 2014
    42min
    TV-PG
    A mega factory is a modern invention--wrong--the ancients were the first to build these thousands of years ago.
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  9. S1 E9 - Roman Empire
    August 24, 2014
    41min
    TV-PG
    The Roman Empire is known as one of the mightiest to ever rule the Earth.
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  10. S1 E10 - Extreme Engineering
    September 7, 2014
    42min
    TV-PG
    When faced with impossible situations, the ancients didn't simply give up, they pursued the impossible. How did they get troops across a nearly 4,000 foot river?
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Subtitles
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Directors
Bo Channon
Producers
DAVE ZIGERELLI
Cast
Alan GilchristSteve Wolf
Studio
A+E Networks
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