Name: Ancient Discoveries: Season 4, Episode 5 - Ancient Chinese Super Ships
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2003-12-21

TV-PG
History
Mar 3, 2008
44 m

TV-PG
History
Mar 3, 2008
44 m

Summary What you think may be a product of modern thought may have originated thousands of years ago. Watch as historians uncover evidence of primitive land and air transportation designs, elements of warfare and early concepts of modern conveniences.

Directed By: Ben Mole

Written By: Ben Mole

TV-PG
History
Mar 3, 2008
44 m

TV-PG
History
Mar 3, 2008
44 m

Ancient Discoveries

S4 • Episode 5

Ancient Chinese Super Ships

Air Date: Mar 3, 2008

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Episode 1 • Jan 28, 2008 • 44 m

Mega Structures of the Deep

Episode 2 • Feb 4, 2008 • 45 m

Ancient Super Navies

Using the latest scientific techniques, our team of modelmakers, underwater detectives, and elite naval commandos investigate lethal weaponry of the past to solve the greatest mysteries of the ancient world's naval technology.

Episode 3 • Feb 11, 2008 • 44 m

Ancient Super Ballistics

Looks at ballistic style weapons developed by the Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Huns, and Medieval Europeans. Several experts lecture about historical evidence or demonstrate how the weapons functioned using models and animation.

Episode 4 • Feb 25, 2008 • 44 m

Ancient Death Machines

This program examines some of the ground breaking weapons that dominated the battlefield but also struck fear into the heart of the enemy. They include; Greek Fire, land mine, scythed chariot and Helepolis.

Episode 5 • Mar 3, 2008 • 44 m

Ancient Chinese Super Ships

Uncover the ingenuity of the ancient engineers of the Far East, whose innovations would take shipbuilding to new heights and create some of the largest and most fearsome navies of the ancient world.

Episode 6 • Mar 10, 2008 • 46 m

Ancient New York

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