The Maya — their soaring pyramids, monumental cities and mythical mastery of astronomy and mathematics have captured our imaginations and spurred generations of explorers into the jungles of Central America on a quest to understand them. Lost World of the Maya surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the pre-classic era of the Maya as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization in the 800-900s AD.
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Today modern archaeology often works with digital technology. Geophysics has allowed thousands of ancient sites to be located — a huge gain for science.
The dig is no longer the be-all and end-all of archeology. We accompany some archeologists on their journey into the virtual past. Geophysics comprises a range of techniques with various geological and military functions. Geomagnetism is used to locate enemy submarines or potential reserves of oil or other minerals. Now, German and Irish archeologists have teamed up to use it to trace prehistoric grave systems. Researchers in western Germany are applying it to locate ancient procession and pilgrimage routes. Shipping archeologists in Bremerhaven are availing of digital technology to create virtual models of shipwrecks and, in Berlin, archeologists and game designers have also embarked on a joint project. As luck would have it, they scanned every millimeter of a temple in the Syrian city of Aleppo, not suspecting that, soon afterwards, the complex would be largely destroyed in the country’s civil war. Their virtual model is evidence that the study of the past can have uses for the present, just as technologies of the present can help us to study the past.
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In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the worlds first civilization lie buried.
This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented writing and mathematics, and built some of the largest cities that the world had ever seen. Find out about the mystery of their origins, and learn how they rose from humble beginnings to form the foundation of all our modern societies. With myths, proverbs and even some recreated Sumerian music, travel back to where it all began, and find out how humanitys first civilization fell.
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Никола Тесла (10 июля 1856 года — 7 января 1943 года) был сербско-американским изобретателем, инженером-электриком, инженером-механиком и футуристом, который наиболее известен своим вкладом в проектирование современной системы электроснабжения переменного тока. Тесла имеет более 300 патентов и отвечает за изобретение лазера, рентгеновского оборудования, радио, катушки Тесла, турбины Тесла, неоновых вывесок, асинхронного двигателя, дистанционного управления и многих других. Тесла был блестящим умом, но не сосредоточил свою энергию на монетизации своих изобретений и столкнулся с трудностями при общении. Он умер один в маленькой гостинице в Нью-Йорке.
Великая пирамида в Гизе (также известная как пирамида Хуфу или пирамида Хеопса) является самой старой и самой большой из трех пирамид в комплексе пирамид Гизы, граничащем с современной Эль-Гизой, Египет. Это самое старое из Семи Чудес Древнего Мира и единственное, которое осталось в значительной степени нетронутым Исправление: В видео я рисую линию, указывающую на среднюю пирамиду как Великую пирамиду. Великая пирамида на самом деле является самой северной пирамидой из трех.
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New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the “third” zone of our solar system, beyond the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland, designed, built and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Year of Pluto — NASA New Horizons is a one hour documentary which takes on the hard science and gives us answers to how the mission came about and why it matters. Interviews with Dr. James Green, John Spencer, Fran Bagenal, Mark Showalter and others share how New Horizons will answer many questions. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.
Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, among some of the most extreme conditions that nature can throw at us. Discover how it grew and flourished, passing through a process known as the imperial cycle, and learn about what ultimately caused its sudden and dramatic collapse.
Special thanks to the Trust for African Rock Art (TARA) and Emma Silvester at Royal African Safaris for footage of the Dabous Giraffe: www.africanrockart.org
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For over four and a half thousand years the pyramids of Egypt have stood as wonders of the world. The facts are astonishing, the Great Pyramid alone weighs almost six million tons and contains over 2.3 million stone blocks. Naked Science sets out to uncover four great mysteries that still surround the pyramids, how were they built, who built them, why were they built, and what secrets may still lie hidden within their stones. As four millennia and countless generations stand between us and the men who built the pyramids we have to study the buildings themselves to uncover the answers.
With British engineer Denys Stocks we learn the art of pyramid building. Stocks has spent twenty years mastering the techniques used by the ancient workmen and shows how such vast quantities of stone were quarried, transported and fitted by a civilisation that had not even invented the wheel. To show the scale of the achievement we asked construction manager and pyramid scholar Craig Smith to calculate what it would take to build a pyramid in today’s money.
We may know the names of the pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids but who actually hauled the blocks. Legends have always held that slaves built the pyramids but we venture into the science of Forensic Egyptology to discover the truth. Mark Lehner discovered the town of the pyramid builders while Zahi Hawass takes us on a tour of their tombs.
There may be few records of how the pyramids were built but hieroglyphic texts within some pyramids hint at their reveal purpose. Salima Ikram and Jim Allen help us find for the reason why the pyramids were built within these spells and incantations. However Robert Bauval, believes there may be deep connections between the pyramids and astronomy. He believes links to the stars are hidden within their stones and chambers.
Finally we follow work in pyramid exploration as teams hunt for hidden chambers and use robots to explore the mysterious shafts at the centre of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Support this project on Patreon: patreon.com/melodysheep | The biggest question of our time. Are we alone? Chapter 1 of this experience takes you to alien worlds and distant places in time and space, in search of where alien life might be hiding and what our place is within the history of life. After generations of wondering, the truth is finally within our reach. New research and technologies have brought us closer than ever to an answer — only a few decades in the eyes of some NASA scientists.
The search has led to new discoveries that will blow your mind wide open and give a profound new perspective on human life. The deeper we look, the deeper we see into natures imagination, and the more we learn about ourselves. I hope stewing on these thoughts tickles your brain as deeply as it does mine.
In upcoming chapters of Life Beyond we will explore making contact with intelligent life, the potential physics of alien biology, how to survive the end of the universe, and more. Follow and support my creative journey on Patreon: patreon.com/melodysheep
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And to my friend Julius Horsthuis for the far future civilization visuals near the end. Check out his amazing work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMS32ddNscQ
I wanted to follow up Timelapse of the Future with a more optimistic perspective of human life and our place in the history of the universe. We really do live in a privileged moment and we have a remarkable opportunity to shape the future. Finding alien life will contextualize our own existence, and open our eyes to what else nature has dreamt up beyond our ourselves, potentially bestowing huge breakthroughs in science, technology, and philosophy.
Der Archäologe Professor Matthias Wemhoff reist zurück in die Zeit und stellt Fragen: Was geschah in der Welt zur Zeit der Geburt Jesu? Was machten eigentlich die Maya, als die Chinesen die große Mauer bauten und in Europa die Römer einen Grenzwall gegen die Barbaren aus dem Norden errichten? Wemhoff zeigt uns die Gleichzeitigkeit von Kulturen, die verschiedener kaum sein könnten — zum Teil aber auch wiederum verblüffend ähnlich sind. Eine Parallelgeschichte der Menschheit in der Epoche der Zeitenwende, die durch das Miterleben zum Staunen einlädt.
Dieses Video ist eine Produktion des ZDF, in Zusammenarbeit mit Spiegel TV
Seit einigen Jahrzehnten häufen sich die Klimakatastrophen auf unserem Planeten. Besonders stark haben die Flutkatastrophen in großen Städten zugenommen – der Meeresspiegel steigt, während die Städte absinken. Viele Städte, darunter New York, sind unzureichend geschützt. Weltweit machen Forscher, Ingenieure, Ökonomen und Stadtplaner gegen diese globale Bedrohung mobil.
Seit dem Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts häufen sich die Klimakatastrophen auf unserem Planeten. Besonders stark haben in den vergangenen Jahren die Flutkatastrophen in den großen Küstenmetropolen zugenommen. Erst vor kurzem zeigte sich am Beispiel von New York, Bangkok und New Orleans, wie schutzlos die 130 Megacitys dieser Welt den Launen des Meeres ausgesetzt sind. Hinzu kommt, dass der Boden unter den Megalopolen zunehmend nachgibt. Städte an Flussmündungen sacken regelrecht in sich zusammen.
Schuld daran ist der Mensch: Gründe sind exzessives Abpumpen des Grundwassers, Staudämme, rasant wachsende Megalopolen und sogenannte Bodenverflüssigung, wovon besonders Tokio bedroht ist.
Während die Städte absinken, steigt der Meeresspiegel weiter an. Diese zwei Phänomene hängen zwar nicht zusammen, verschlimmern jedoch beide die Überschwemmungen in den Küstenstädten. Wenn die politisch Verantwortlichen nicht schnell reagieren, könnte die nächste Sturmflut viele Todesopfer nach sich ziehen. Manche Wissenschaftler gehen davon aus, dass der Mensch diese Städte eines Tages verlassen muss. Bis dahin gilt es, sich effizient vor dem Meer und vor allem vor Sturmfluten zu schützen.
Heute entstehen weltweit Initiativen, um große Überschwemmungen besser zu managen und die Schäden zu begrenzen. Abgesehen von den menschlichen und materiellen Verlusten verursachen Überschwemmungen gewaltige Kosten für die Weltwirtschaft und stellen für die betroffenen Staaten ein Fass ohne Boden dar. Denn diese müssen nicht nur die Schäden reparieren, sondern auch die internationalen Handelsverluste auffangen.
Dokumentarfilm von Marie Mandy (F 2015, 93 Min)
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