- Actors: Ted E. Duran, Steve Truglia, Karl Warwick, Phil Crowley
- Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
- Number of discs: 2
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- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: July 24 2007
- Run Time: 60 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000PGTNDE
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, hope they release more...,
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This review is from: 2pc:Ancient Discoveries - DVD (DVD)
Great series, I see there are plenty more seasons and episodes of this, so I hope another DVD is released. Very detailed, great graphics, totally surprised by this. Wasn't really sure what is was by the generic title, but these ancient inventions and inventors were fascinating. Hooray for Heron of Alexandria!
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4.2 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Science did not begin with Copernicus,
By Gerard D. Launay - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 2pc:Ancient Discoveries - DVD (DVD)
The History Channel has done a superb job in bringing ancient science to light in this breathtaking series of technological advances. Consider Archimedes' giant claws to capture foreign ships in the harbor or Chinese robots that always point to Beijing wherever they are taken, or skyscrapers built by the Egyptians in Alexandria. In some cases, computer graphics are used to illustrate the inventions..and in other cases detailed precise models of the inventions are made. I have found the series to be humbling and illuminating. Highly recommended.
15 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Ancient Discoveries - Australian TV Version,
By G. Reiss - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 2pc:Ancient Discoveries - DVD (DVD)
For whatever reason, Koch Entertainment chose to release the Australian TV version of Ancient Discoveries. When the US History Channel showed the first three episodes (which I recorded), the narrator was Michael Carroll. On the Aussie version, the narrator is Sean Barrett. Michael Carroll is the far superior narrator of the two, he avoids assuming a professorial tone. The US broadcast had closed captioning, something these DVDs lack. That absence is because for the hard of hearing Australian broadcasters use subtitles, not closed captioning.It is too bad that Koch didn't use the US History Channel's narration track and closed captioning, the image quality on these DVDs is far superior to the broadcast version I recorded 4 years ago. For the price Koch is charging for these DVDs, it could have even sprung for an on/off English subtitle track instead of closed captioning. But the big flaw of Koch's version is that they used an Aussie actor with an affected irritating intonation to narrate a documentary meant only for the US NTSC market. Most likely the reason for these shortcuts was cheapness, which also explains the commercials before the start of the DVD advertising two other Koch releases. At least you can chapter forward to dodge these promos to get to the menu. But dodging that irritating narrator is another story. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ancient Discoveries DVD,
By El lloron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 2pc:Ancient Discoveries - DVD (DVD)
The things that made an impact on me are, the detailed explanations and the high standard of the commentary. The quality of the computer reconstructions. The overall presentation, professionalism and quality is of the highest order. Not all the material presented is factual or proven. Speculation and reasonable assumptions have been employed in a responsible manner and are required to a certain degree because of the nature of the subjects being dealt with. All speculative content is sensetively introduced and appropriate within the context of these documentaries. Very worthwhile, a fine series, eye-opening and unique in many ways. You will see things here that you have never seen on any other ancient history documentary. A thourghly enjoyable, informative, quality doucmentary series.
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