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Ancient Inventions: War, Sex & City Life DVD

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  • Format: DVD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 2 hours 9 minutes
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Join Monty Python's Terry Jones on a tour of the ingenuity of our ancestors. Take a humorous yet factual look at inventions we think of as unique to modern times when really some have been around for centuries and some even longer.

War
Explore the origins of war's most valued assets like the missile, the catapult and the boomerang. Discover how ancient Chinese alchemists invented gunpowder while searching for the secret of life, how Julius Caesar crusaded with M.A.S.H. units, and how successful brain surgery was performed 4,000 years ago.

Sex
Learn about the early inventions created for attracting the opposite sex and how they were conceived. From the first mechanical clock created to time the conception of the heir to China's dynasty, to the invention of the pill and how the Egyptians realized that crocodile dung made an excellent contraceptive.

City Life
Find out about the surprisingly sophisticated inventions concocted to make ancient life easier such as flushable lavatories, fast food and paved roads.

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