Watch history come to life as timeless mysteries reveal fresh facts.Unlock riddles and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryearís thrilling technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels and to discover what daily life was really like in these communities. Travel around the globe from China to Egypt and take a fresh, hands-on look at mankindís greatest cultures and civilizations. With the help of experts, youíll recreate five enigmatic structures using only ancient tools and modern brainpower. Itís the past presented like never before!- Discover how the fearsome, mechanized marvel known as the trebuchet catapulted warfare in an unpredictable direction in Medieval Siege- Travel inside ancient tombs and temples, and ìreadî cryptic building instructions to see how ancient Egyptians used a lot of sand, ingenuity and unwavering faith to raise a 500-ton granite monument in Pharaohís Obelisk- Unlock secrets behind the massive moai statues on Easter Island; learn how this vanished civilization may have carved its way to extinction; and Learn the meaning of the moai from an archaeological perspective- Learn why the intimate luxury palaces of Roman Bath remain such an impressive achievement today; and travel to an olive grove in Turkey to see the start-to-finish construction of a modern ìancientî Roman bath- Return to the Song Dynasty in China Bridge where the revolutionary Rainbow Bridge reveals intricate mysteries of Chinaís inventive past; and hear experts explain how Chinaís technical wizardry went unrivaled in the West for centuries