Today on Far Future Horizons we present the eleventh episode of the acclaimed documentary series Engineering an Empire that highlights the engineering and architectural achievements of some of history’s greatest civilizations and the empires they created. This installment of Engineering an Empire focuses on China. For over 4,000 years, the world’s greatest empires have come and gone–only … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved. This series of documentaries is a spinoff of the acclaimed History Channel documentary series The Universe. Each episode will be taking us on another exciting foray into the exciting field of Archaeoastronomy. In this installment of The Universe: Ancient … Read more
Satellite view of Northwest Europe – showing Britain as an Island (the land that once joined Britain to the rest of Europe has been destroyed by a tsunami) Melting ice, rising seas and a huge tsunami heads for the coast. These are not headlines from the twenty first century. But they are stories from prehistory. … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we join acclaimed BBC historian Michael Wood for the second episode of his acclaimed documentary series In Search of the Trojan War – The Legend Under Siege. Conflicting interpretations of evidence lead some experts to believe that the Trojan War never happened at all. In this instalment of In … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Lost Gods of Easter Island a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of the remote Easter islands. It was first aired on BBC television in the year 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal … Read more
The Roman Empire in 117 AD, at its greatest extent Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the History Channel’s series Ancient Impossible. The Roman Empire is known as one of the mightiest to ever rule the Earth and the extent of their ingenuity, ambition and scale of their engineering technology … Read more
Dome of Hagia Sophia Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of Ancient Impossible ~ Biggest Builds. Caesarea is the earliest known example to have used underwater Roman concrete technology on such a large scale. This installment of Ancient Impossible illustrates that the concept of large scale mass production and the assembly line … Read more
Dome of Hagia Sophia Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of Ancient Impossible ~ Biggest Builds. Caesarea is the earliest known example to have used underwater Roman concrete technology on such a large scale. This installment of Ancient Impossible illustrates that the concept of large scale mass production and the assembly line … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of Ancient Impossible ~ Power Tools. Behind the colossal monuments of the ancients is something more amazing – the power tools that created them. Petrie’s Infamous Core #7 Powerful automated stone-cutting devices, incredible power drills capable of cutting through even the hardest granite, fire engines … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we are going to witness how the ancients achieved the impossible in another exciting episode of Ancient Impossible. How did the Ancients move impossibly huge objects? Why did the Roman forces at the siege of Masada decide to shift an entire mountain by hand? Siege of Masada This instalment of … Read more