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Ancient Discoveries is a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on The History Channel. The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented. The program was a follow-up to a special originally broadcast in 2005 which focused on technologies from the Ancient Roman era such as the Antikythera mechanism and inventors such as Heron of Alexandria. Episodes of the regular series expanded to cover other areas such as Egypt, China and East Asia, and the Islamic world.
Original Release
12/21/2003 on HIST
US Release
12/21/2003
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Phil Crowley | Narrator |
Richard Windley | Himself - Model Maker / Himself - Automaton Maker |
Christopher Kelly | Self - University of Cambridge / Himself - University of Cambridge |
Sean Barrett | Narrator |
Bettany Hughes | Herself Historian and Author |
Ian Mullins | Archimedes |
James Walker | Galen |
Glenn Leitch | Himself - Architect |
Barry Rocard | Galen |
Dimitri Tchamouroff | Ctesibius |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Airborne Assault | Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
2 | Guns 'N Ammo | Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
3 | Ancient Mega-Fort | Friday, 04 December 2009 |
4 | Ancient Secret Agents | Thursday, 10 December 2009 |
5 | Gruesome Medicine | Friday, 18 December 2009 |
6 | Riots and Revolution | Friday, 18 December 2009 |
7 | Ancient Commandos | Friday, 18 December 2009 |
8 | Ancient Special Forces | Friday, 18 December 2009 |
9 | Twisted Weapons of the East | Friday, 18 December 2009 |
10 | Ancient Record Breakers | Tuesday, 22 December 2009 |
11 | Mega Ocean Conquest | Tuesday, 22 December 2009 |
12 | Rituals of Death | Tuesday, 22 December 2009 |
13 | Secret Science of the Occult | Monday, 28 December 2009 |
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Directors
Ben Mole, Ali McGrath, Stuart Clarke
Writers
Ben Mole, Justin Pollard, John Fortune, John Fortune
Cast
Name | Character |
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Phil Crowley | Narrator |
Richard Windley | Himself - Model Maker / Himself - Automaton Maker |
Christopher Kelly | Self - University of Cambridge / Himself - University of Cambridge |
Sean Barrett | Narrator |
Bettany Hughes | Herself Historian and Author |
Ian Mullins | Archimedes |
James Walker | Galen |
Glenn Leitch | Himself - Architect |
Barry Rocard | Galen |
Dimitri Tchamouroff | Ctesibius |
Spyros Siropoulos | Himself - Associate Professor of Classics, University of The Aegean (as Dr. Spiros Syropoulos) |
Peter Mantle | Doctor |
Barry Moreno | Himself - Historian, Statue of Liberty |
Anthony Cord | Patient |
T.P. Tassios | Himself - Professor, National Technical University of Athens |
John Thompson | Gladiator |
Tony Taylor | Himself - Civil Engineer |
Ian Western | Gladiator |
Dan Shadrake | Gladiator |
Andreas Northe | Himself - Archaeologist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Stiller | Executive Producer |
Cenwyn Edwards | Executive Producer |
Dolores Gavin | Executive Producer |
Stuart Clarke | Executive Producer |
Mike Stiller | Executive Producer |
Ben Mole | Producer |
Michael Stiller | Producer |
Stuart Clarke | Producer |
Ali McGrath | Producer |
Stephanie Farr | Producer |
Paola Desiderio | Producer |
Sam Benstead | Producer |