NOVA Building Wonders Series 1 Part 1 Colosseum Roman Death Trap 1080p HDTV x264 AAC

NOVA Building Wonders: Series 1

History Documentary hosted by Jay 0 Sanders, published by PBS in 2020 - English narration



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NOVA Building Wonders: Series 1
NOVA presents three groundbreaking shows See how three magnificent ancient structures were engineered in this three-part series.


1)  Colosseum Roman Death Trap
One of the ancient world's most iconic buildings, the Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power and cruelty. Its graceful lines and harmonious proportions concealed a highly efficient design and advanced construction methods that made hundreds of arches out of 100,000 tons of stone. In its elliptical arena, tens of thousands of gladiators, slaves, prisoners, and wild animals met their deaths. Ancient texts report lions and elephants emerging from beneath the floor, as if by magic, to ravage gladiators and people condemned to death. Then, just as quickly, the Colosseum could be flooded with so much water that ships could engage in sea battles to the delight of the crowd.

2)  Petra Lost City of Stone
More than 2,000 years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. An oasis of culture and abundance, the city was built by wealthy merchants whose camel caravans transported incense and spices from the Arabian Gulf. They carved spectacular temple-tombs into its soaring cliffs, raised a monumental Great Temple at its heart, and devised an ingenious system that channeled water to vineyards, bathhouses, fountains, and pools.

3)  Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery
Whether serving as Christian church, Islamic mosque, or secular museum, Hagia Sophia and its soaring dome have inspired reverence and awe. For 800 years, it was the largest enclosed building in the world-the Statue of Liberty can fit beneath its dome with room to spare. How has it survived its location on one of the world's most active seismic faults, which has inflicted a dozen devastating earthquakes since it was built in 537? As Istanbul braces for the next big quake, a team of architects and engineers is urgently investigating Hagia Sophia's seismic secrets. Follow engineers as they build a massive 8-ton model of the building's core structure, place it on a motorized shake table, and hit it with a series of simulated quakes, pushing it collapse-a fate that the team is determined to avoid with the real building.

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* Video Codec: x264 [email protected]
* Video: Bitrate: (~6572 kb/s)
* Video Aspect Ratio: 1920 x 1080
* Video Resolution: 1.778 (16:9
* Audio Codec: MPEG-4 AAC LC
* Audio: English
* Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48000Hz
* Audio Channels: stereo (2/0)
* Run-Time: 55: Mins ...
* Framerate: 29 971: Fps
* Number of Parts: 3
* Container Mp4
* Part Size: 2.51 GB average
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: Harry65

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1)  Related Documentaries
* Secrets of the Colosseum
* Gladiator
* The Undiscovered Secrets of Petra
* Time Scanners: Petra
* Unearthed: Lost City of the Desert
* Ancient Megastructures Collection
* Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Mystery
2)  ed2k Links


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