Documentary Engineering an Empire The Byzantines - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire The Byzantines - Documentaries
Russian Greek-Orthodox Archimandrite Tikhon (born 1958 in Moscow Georgi Alexandrovich Shevkunov) studied film production before entering the clergy, and when his first work as a director and narrator was released earlier this year in “The fall of an Empire - The Lesson of Byzantium” Documentary ,it created an uproar! The film deals with the Empire’s degradation and how it lost its “ability to respond to the calls of history.”

A Greek version has already been released and an English version is underway. Documentaries Due to a reference to the Emperor Constantine as The Drunkard, not a few critics saw in the film a portrayal of the late President’s Yeltsin’s crumbling Russia and considered the documentary an attempt to help President Putin’s hand-picked successor and current President Dmitri Medvedev win the election.

Documentary Engineering an Empire China - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire China - Documentaries
For over 4,000 years the world's greatest empires have come and gone--only China has survived the test of time.

Documentaries Century after century, China's regal emperors mobilized peasant armies to accomplish engineering feats unparalleled in human history.Documentary

Documentary The Real Robin Hood - History Channel

Documentary The Real Robin Hood - History Channel
Before “Robin Hood,” there is “The Real Robin Hood.” Ridley Scott, director of the current “Robin Hood” movie starring Russell Crowe, produced a two-hour special for the History Channel about the origins of the English folk hero.The marauding mercenary of English folklore is one of history's best-known tales, and the legend of Robin Hood is the inspiration for more movies, radio and TV programs than any other folk hero.

But the image of a hero in tights and a feathered cap is a somewhat recent addition to the myth. In reality, Robin Hood is a composite of several historical figures whose exploits date back to the age of the Crusades. Documentary In the film Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe, director Ridley Scott's production is based on the most solid and recent historical research into the character and promises a startlingly fresh interpretation of Robin Hood for a new generation. This special will distinguish between historical evidence and Hollywood fiction, and seek to create a realistic portrait of the mythical hero. Includes clips from the film as well as interviews with director Scott, principal Robin Hood cast members and renowned historians.

Documentary Engineering an Empire Napoleon Steel Monster - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire Napoleon Steel Monster - Documentaries
Military general and first emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

Documentaries One of the most celebrated leaders in the history of the West, he revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. Documentary He died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Documentary Engineering an Empire Greece - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire Greece - Documentaries
438 BC. The Parthenon is complete. This masterpiece is the crowning achievement for the Greek people. Without Alexander the Great, it is possible Greece's Golden Era would have been just a footnote in history.

Documentaries Tens of thousands would die during Alexander's relentless attacks on Persia and Egypt, yet, his armies carried Greek life, culture and values far abroad and this empire became known as the "Hellenistic" world. Documentary Greece's amazing engineering achievements and ideas are still with us today.

Documentary Engineering an Empire The Maya - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire The Maya - Documentaries
Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of some of the greatest societies on this planet. It is hosted by Peter Weller, famous for his acting role as RoboCop but also a lecturer at Syracuse University, where he completed his Master's in Roman and Renaissance Art. The executive producer is Delores Gavin. The show started as a Documentary about the engineering feats of Ancient Rome and later evolved into a series. It originally ran for one full season of weekly episodes.

Peter Weller travels to Central America to explore the achievements of this mighty culture and to get to the bottom of its puzzling decline.
In this fascinating episode of ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE, travel to the heart of Central America to analyze evidence of the magnificent feats of classical Mayan society. Documentaries From hydraulics to astrology, architecture to mathematics, road-building to portraiture, the Maya achieved more than any other culture of the New World, and even rivaled the accomplishments of Old World civilizations.
Flourishing for two thousand years and dominating, at its heights, 125,000 square miles spanning five modern-day countries, the Maya were the pre-Columbian superpower. History Channel By the time Columbus landed, they were a disparate collection of subsistence farmers.
Where did they come from and what catastrophes caused the collapse of this innovative civilization? From the Temple-Pyramids at Tikal, to the royal tomb at Palenque, to the star observatory at Chichen Itza, this episode will examine the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the ancient Maya civilization.

Documentary Albert Einstein Biography - History Channel

Documentary Albert Einstein Biography - History Channel
Born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity.

History Channel In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Documentary He died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.

Documentary Eiffel Tower - History Channel

Documentary Eiffel Tower - History Channel
If you thought that men in love with real dolls was strange, wait until you see Married to the Eiffel Tower, which follows these fetishists (all of them, for some reason, female).
Interestingly, Objectum Sexuals - they call themselves OS people - believe their love with the objects are reciprocal and that they can telepathically communicate with them.

Naisho is married to the Eiffel Tower. History Channel She has a passion for inanimate objects, and her mission is to fight the stigma surrounding the disorder and create a global network of sufferers - like Amy, in love with a church organ, and Eija Riita, who married the Berlin Wall. Documentary In this compelling documentary about objectum sexual disorder the characters describe just what it's like to be in love with a highly public structure.

Documentary Rubber - History Channel

Documentary Rubber - History Channel
Delicious, delectable, soothing and, yes, American. Chocolate was a New World discovery, one of the most sought-after treasures brought back to Europe from the brave new land across the Atlantic. Cacao, from which chocolate is created, is said to have originated in the Amazon at least 4,000 years ago.

The Aztecs were so enthralled with the bean that they attributed its creation to their god Quetzalcoatl who, as the legend goes descended from heaven on a beam of a morning star carrying a cacao tree stolen from paradise. History Channel In fact, the Aztecs valued the cacao bean so much that they used it as currency.
The Aztecs also used the cacao beans to prepare a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called chocolatl - a liquid so prestigious that it was served in golden goblets that were thrown away after one use. Documentary Christopher Columbus, in 1502, was the first European to run across the beans on his fourth voyage to the New World.

Documentary Declassified The Taliban - History Channel

Documentary Declassified The Taliban - History Channel
To the United States and the Soviet Union, Afghanistan was always a pawn in a much bigger game. History Channel First the Soviets bought them off and then the U.S. sent in arms. The Russians sent in troops and we sent in the CIA to train the Mujahedin to kill the Russians.

But then came the Taliban and the pawns started moving on their own. Documentary We’ll mine the guarded vaults and archives around the world to reveal the untold story of how the pieces turned on the players and the jihad came to Kabul and the streets of New York.

Documentary Engineering an Empire Egypt - History Channel

Documentary Engineering an Empire Egypt - History Channel
Egypt: Engineering an Empire is a History Channel documentary narrated by Peter Weller, exploring Egypt’s awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments through the prism of its pharaohs' indomitable personalities.

 As Egypt's pharaohs alternately conquered and ceded vast expanses of land, they pushed their royal architects to stretch the boundaries of imagination and human potential, in effect inventing the science of structural engineering. Documentary Follow the empire's development from the First Dynasty of 3000 BC through the last days of the reign of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC, from dazzling obelisks to the 700-foot Great Pyramid of Giza.

Documentary Engineering an Empire Da Vinci's World - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire Da Vinci's World - Documentaries
After the Dark Ages Italy lit up the world. It emerged from the devastating cloud of the Black Death and brought innovation, spectacle and the glorification of man. It was an explosion of new ideas from some of the greatest minds of all time. It produced some of the greatest works of architecture, art and engineering the world has ever known.Documentaries But achieving such genius was a struggle, as builders battled unprecedented natural disaster, church dogma and each other. This was the age of architects and it created a bold new sense that nothing was impossible.

After the fall of Rome, Italy fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Documentary Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome. History Channel In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into Italy. The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time.

Documentary Engineering an Empire The Persians - Documentaries

Documentary Engineering an Empire The Persians - Documentaries
Ancient Persia, fearless, formidable, unrelenting, for ages shrouded in mystery, an empire unparalleled in conquest and riches. From North Africa to Asia it was a civilization driven by a dynasty of extraordinary rulers, ambitious and all powerful. The Persian Empire created some of the most astonishing feats of engineering the world has ever seen.

Documentaries Magnificent palaces that rose up from barren desert, roadways, bridges and canals, but dark clouds were on the horizon. Documentary An ancient rivalry with Greece would erupt into an epic clash and change the course of history and shape the western world for thousands of years to come.

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the hallmark of Persian rule.

Documentary Declassified Chairman Mao - History Channel

Documentary Declassified Chairman Mao - History Channel
This biographical documentary profiles Communist party leader Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976). One of the most formidable leaders that the world has ever seen, Mao was undeniably a brilliant political and economic mind, despite his role as a progenitor of 20th Century Communism and a homicidal despot. 

 

History Channel This program tells Mao's unusual story - how he decided, early on, that he must "destroy" his country in order to liberate it through reconstruction. In the process, he harnessed the Chinese extremist youth movement and single-handedly brought about the notorious Cultural Revolution, while murdering millions. Documentary The film draws on a wealth of archival material to tell this strange, disturbing story, and also interpolates interviews with several individuals who lived through Mao's terrors.

Documentary Declassified Viet Cong - History Channel

Documentary Declassified Viet Cong - History Channel
Jungle warfare was perfected by the North Vietnamese. From their hidden tunnel cities, the Viet Cong launched operations that were terrifying in their ingenuity, savagery, and persistence. History Channel The 10-day battle for the place that came to be known as Hamburger Hill was perhaps the classic conflict of the Vietnam War.

Documentary Piecing together newly disclosed stories from both sides, we learn how American commanders made the mistake of fighting this battle as they had fought WWII. The North Vietnamese, employing a very different set of strategies, built a massive warren of tunnels and then faded into Laos when the battle turned against them.

Documentary That's Impossible Real Terminators - History Channel

Documentary That's Impossible Real Terminators - History Channel
That's Impossible was a television series on the History Channel that examined seemingly impossible technologies based upon stories and inventions in history, and detailed exactly what was needed to turn them into reality.

Documentary The show premiered on July 7, 2009 and was narrated by Jonathan Frakes.

Documentary Dogfights of Desert Storm - History Channel

Documentary Dogfights of Desert Storm - History Channel
Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War.

Documentary The program, which airs on the History Channel, consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part, and uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) to give the viewer a better perspective of what it is like to partake in aerial combat The series premiered on November 3, 2006.

Documentary Empire State Building - History Channel

Documentary Empire State Building - History Channel

The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrysler of the Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors, to see who could erect the taller 

building. Chrysler had already begun work on the famous Chrysler Building, the gleaming 1,046-foot skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. - See more at: 

Documentary Sex in the Ancient World (Egypt) - History Channel

Documentary Sex in the Ancient World (Egypt) - History Channel

We think that the Kama Sutra was the first depiction of a "sex manual." But our discoveries will show that the "Turin Papyrus," written and read 2000 years earlier, is in fact the first sex manual in history. Containing various pictures of sexual activity perhaps focused on Ramses II and his many wives, the manual is an intriguing visual representation of sex in ancient Egypt. Travelling to the Egyptian Museum in Turin, we marvel at the incredible papyrus artwork which some believe poked fun at the sexual side of the Egyptian lifestyle. 

The film crew used computer graphics to recreate one of the most famous Egypt erotic hieroglyphs - the Turin Erotic Papyrus, housed in the Museo Egizio in Turin. The production crew travelled to Luxor, Deir el-Medina and Cairo to film Egypt's fascinating tomb's and temples in order to present the sexual mysteries of the symbols and images within their walls. The film claims to digitally recreate the 'first old men's magazine' and also to reveal what went on between the bedsheets in ancient Egypt.