Ancient Inventions

Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is split into 3 episodes, namely City Life, Sex and Love, and War and Conflicts, all around 50 min long.

Air date of first episode:

  • Sep 13, 1998

Original episode running time:

  • 2 h 30 min

Number of seasons:

  • 1

Number of episodes:

  • 3

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