HISTORY Classics: Ancient Discoveries: War in the Ancient World DVD

Each episode of ANCIENT DISCOVERIES: WAR IN THE ANCIENT WORLD explores ancient inventions and engineering that were previously believed to have been created only in modern times. Included in this special collection: the extraordinary ingenuity of the engineers who created some of the largest and most fearsome navies of the ancient world; the basic technologies discovered by ancient civilizations that led to the creation of the tank hundreds - maybe even thousands - of years ago; the mysteries of history-s special agents from Japanese ninja assassins to the Italian genius who wrote secret messages on the inside of eggs; an investigation of the ancient world-s naval technology including lethal grenades- covert attack equipment and toxic biological warfare. Military innovation is consistently at the cutting edge of technological advances- from apocalyptic skyscraper siege machines to ancient landmines and flamethrowers- most of today-s lethal weapons owe their origins to the inventors of the ancient world. Battle through storms snowdrifts to the world-s earliest known ski commandos- journey to Egypt to see how a tiny army beat off a major invasion force using farm animals and find out how the simple stirrup changed the entire course of history. Experts and archaeological digs reveal new evidence into these inventions - inventions which will be then be reconstructed.