Episodes

13 episodes in this season

The Journey Begins

30 min

Monsters of the Deep

30 min

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Ancient Wisdom

30 min

The Missing Apeman

30 min

Giants for the Gods

30 min

Monsters of the Lakes

30 min

The Great Siberian Explosion

30 min

The Riddle of the Stones

30 min

Out of the Blue

30 min

E10

U.F.O.s

30 min

E11

Dragons, Dinosaurs and Giant Snakes

30 min

E12

Strange Skies

30 min

E13

Clarke's Cabinet of Curiosities

30 min

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

TV Series

198030m7.5

Documentary

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Ancient Wisdom

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Sep 16, 1980

This episode is concerned with technology from history that was either ahead of its time and subsequently forgotten, or artefacts which are mysteries in themselves. This includes the Baghdad battery, where German scientist Arne Eggebrecht is shown electroplating a small silver statue with a gold cynanide solution and a replica of the battery using grape juice. There are also segments on the Antikythera Mechanism (including an interview with Derek J. de Solla Price), the Stone Balls of Costa Rica and the so-called 'Skull of Doom' which famously dominates the opening credits of the series. Clarke opines at the end that had some of these forgotten technologies been developed and not lost that we would have 'colonised the stars' by now.

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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

TV Series

198030m7.5

Documentary

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Ancient Wisdom

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Sep 16, 1980

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