A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.

Since their earliest existence in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, stadiums have been regarded as architectural masterpieces and focal points in their surrounding cities, but none more so than the Colosseum in Rome.

Earliest Arenas: The Colosseum

Join us as we dig deep in this episode to uncover how gold was mined and transformed into everyday objects like jewelry and currency, and even used to adorn holy temples and statues.

How Gold Changed The World

As the battle distance continued to grow with each new weapon, humans put their best minds to work refining and evolving their designs over the millennia to gain the upper hand.

History's Deadliest Weapons

This episode dives into the pioneering breakthroughs from across the globe that have shaped our ability to travel.

Navigating The Globe

This episode charts the groundbreaking developments that led us to a technologically sophisticated society. Discover the first ever data recording device from over 5,000 years ago, how weaving created binary code and that electric cars were invented a hundred years earlier than you think they were.

Tools & Tech

From living in caves to grand mansions, shelter has always been high on the list of our priorities. But form and function varies wildly throughout civilizations. We explore how houses have developed through the ages – from simple tents made from animal hides, to the ﬁrst cities.

Anatomy of the House

Throughout history, our ancestors have always strived to go higher, bigger, deeper, further—and this is reﬂected in the buildings and structures around our globe. But what secrets can these ancient structures reveal?

Extreme Buildings

This episode explores some of history's most ingenious, yet lesser-known engineering solutions. Beginning with a recently uncovered 6300 year old Croatian wooden well that has been termed 'the world's oldest engineering marvel' through to the the Persian yakhchal.

History's Hidden Marvels

The ancient ancestors realized that building structures and machines to harness water to provide transport, power, drainage and irrigation was vital to the success of their civilizations.

Ancient Waterways

Migration, travel and trade are all key components of human life. Our ancient ancestors had to come up with ingenious solutions and structures to travel freely—over the hills, valleys and rivers of our world, which can sometimes pose diﬃcult obstacles to cross.

Building Bridges