The Ascent of Man
Episode 03 - The Grain in the Stone. One of the great leaps in the ascent of man was the shaping of the environment into living spaces. Jacob Bronowski looks at the development of architecture and sculpture, visiting Arizona's Canyon de Chelly; Peru's Machu Picchu; the Aqueduct of Segovia in Spain; and Rheims, cathedrals of medieval France.
| Episode 03 - The Grain in the Stone |
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| History of Architecture - wikipedia The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. |
| Ancient Megastructures This is a National Geographic documentary series discovering the secrets of revolutionary structures in ancient megastructures. |
| Engineering an Empire This is a History Channel documentary series hosted by Peter Weller, exploring the engineering feats accomplished by some of the great civilizations in history. |
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