Historybusters?

June 9, 2009 1:58 AM

What is the TV show in which people recreate ancient technology?

It's bugging Mrs Oz and I. I've definitely seen an episode of something in which engineers recreate (or attempt to recreate) Caesar's famous bridge across the Rhine. I'm pretty certain other episodes dealt with moving stone and making siege engines. For the love of god, what is the TV series??

posted by tim_in_oz to media & arts (11 comments total)

the re-inventors?
posted by onya at 2:19 AM on June 9

What the Romans did for us, the BBC documentary? Other parts are about Ancients, Stuarts, Tudors, Victorians, and the Industrial Revolution.
posted by Spanner Nic at 2:40 AM on June 9

I think it might be: Secrets of the Ancients
posted by Erberus at 3:58 AM on June 9

I believe it's NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires, but there's another show I was just talking about where they did a similar deal, the name of which totally escapes me...
posted by esmerelda_jenkins at 5:02 AM on June 9

Um, yeah... for some reason I read "Caesar's famous bridge across the Rhine" as "trebuchet." Repeatedly. Erberus totally wins.
posted by esmerelda_jenkins at 5:08 AM on June 9

Could it be Rough Science?
posted by bugsoup at 5:55 AM on June 9

I believe it's NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires...

That's what came to mind for me, as well. The second series of the program included the recreation of a Roman bath [video | 60:00], etc.
posted by ericb at 7:17 AM on June 9

..engineers recreate (or attempt to recreate) Caesar's famous bridge across the Rhine.

I think it might be: Secrets of the Ancients

Yep. BBC Secrets of the Ancients -- Caesar's Bridge.
posted by ericb at 7:25 AM on June 9

Very likely not the show you're looking for, but I've been enjoying Doing DaVinci on Discovery lately.
posted by litterateur at 9:42 AM on June 9

Could also be PBS' Secrets of the Dead series.
posted by mudpuppie at 11:11 AM on June 9

Thanks hivemind. I think 'Secrets of the Ancients' is the show I saw, but all of the other links look fascinating.
posted by tim_in_oz at 3:58 PM on June 9