Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World - Season 1 Episode 3 Ancient Wisdom
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.
Year: 1980
Genre: Documentary
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Studio: ITV1
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Cast: Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon Honeycombe
Crew: Charles Flynn (Director)
First Air Date: Sep 02, 1980
Last Air date: Nov 25, 1980
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 13 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 8.00 users
Popularity: 1.9348
Language: English
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