Trojan War - ancient weapons technology (documentary clip)
x-ray used to investigate Ancient Greek helmets, Bronze Age spear and sharpness, composite fiber material armour, and shields made of leather and willow wicker.
Then the story and experimentation on the famous The Dendra panoply–(as gerontius grumpus at QI talks reports) is “a set of Bronze armour from bronze age Greece, more or less contemporary with the time when Mycenae was at the height of its power and the Homeric war of Troy is thought to have taken place.”
clips featuring Dr. David Starley, ancient weapons expert Sue Bridgford, weapons expert Andy Cropper, experimental archeologist John Naylor and archer Mike Ashington tries his arrows on the Dendra panoply (filmed in slow-motion).
Bronze Age - metallurgy - King Agamemnon - phalanx - hoplites
Now when Dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams of Oceanus, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the ships with the armour that the god had given her. She found her son fallen about the body of Patroclus and weeping bitterly. Many also of his followers were weeping round him, but when the goddess came among them she clasped his hand in her own, saying, “My son, grieve as we may we must let this man lie, for it is by heaven’s will that he has fallen; now, therefore, accept from Vulcan this rich and goodly armour, which no man has ever yet borne upon his shoulders.” As she spoke she set the armour before Achilles, and it rang out bravely as she did so. The Myrmidons were struck with awe, and none dared look full at it, for they were afraid; but Achilles was roused to still greater fury, and his eyes gleamed with a fierce light, for he was glad when he handled the splendid present which the god had made him. Then, as soon as he had satisfied himself with looking at it, he said to his mother, “Mother, the god has given me armour, meet handiwork for an immortal and such as no living could have fashioned; I will now arm, but I much fear that flies will settle upon the son of Menoetius and breed worms about his wounds, so that his body, now he is dead, will be disfigured and the flesh will rot.” Silver-footed Thetis answered, “My son, be not disquieted about this matter. I will find means to protect him from the swarms of noisome flies that prey on the bodies of men who have been killed in battle. He may lie for a whole year, and his flesh shall still be as sound as ever, or even sounder. Call, therefore, the Achaean heroes in assembly; unsay your anger against Agamemnon; arm at once, and fight with might and main.”, Homer The Iliad, book 19.
sierpień 29th, 2008 at 18:02
Ha! We still don’t know the formula for greek fire only is supposed contents which is hypothesied or the fire that burned the library in Alexandria humm do i see a connection, lol, excellent educational video nice work
sierpień 30th, 2008 at 01:15
The pyramids were a dumb idea; thousands of manhours to build a tomb.
wrzesień 1st, 2008 at 03:13
Corinthian helmets are still the coolest in the world!!!
wrzesień 4th, 2008 at 05:20
Ancient Egyptians better ???
Ahahaha
Those north african idiots the only thing that made good was the Pyramids
In everything else Greece was way better
wrzesień 5th, 2008 at 08:07
Learn how to spell dipshit. It’s “ancient”.
wrzesień 8th, 2008 at 23:28
The ancinet Egyptian are the best the Greeks are the second best
wrzesień 11th, 2008 at 00:20
?????? ???? ???! ?????? ??????!
wrzesień 11th, 2008 at 21:18
This clip I ripped from episode 11 (”Siege of Troy”) of the “Ancient Discoveries” series on the History Channel….it is available for purchase thru
Amazon, or the History Channel’s website…the History Channel will air it again April 28 and 29. Do a search for it at their website.
wrzesień 14th, 2008 at 17:39
If you now the name of this documentary plz sent it to me Trojan War - ancient weapons technology
wrzesień 17th, 2008 at 04:53
What ’s the name of this documentary excaclty Please answer fast!!!??
wrzesień 19th, 2008 at 18:56
thanks for upload
wrzesień 19th, 2008 at 22:37
thanks for this upload !
wrzesień 22nd, 2008 at 07:02
guys The Ancient GReek are the best ( oi arxaioi ellinies ine oi kaliteroi!)***
wrzesień 24th, 2008 at 00:41
guys The Ancinet GReek are the best ( oi arxaioi ellinies ine oi kaliteroi!)
wrzesień 25th, 2008 at 17:08
It is shame that Biritans have steeled so many artifacts and monuments ….CCCC
wrzesień 27th, 2008 at 08:41
Very well done. Thanks for posting.
wrzesień 27th, 2008 at 13:25
?t s perfect; definetely!! The ancient Greek not the modern one.
just have a look at Hittites documents in Anatolia(Turkey).Glory lies there!!
wrzesień 29th, 2008 at 17:44
wow this is excellent
wrzesień 29th, 2008 at 22:45
There are no more illirians, the slavs took their land
październik 1st, 2008 at 15:33
whats the title of the documentary exactly??
październik 3rd, 2008 at 13:46
illyrians? in whole history you albos didnt created anything.till today you are backward and 3rdworld who are lying on others for their survival.the best solution is to throw a nuclear bomb over albania and level it, so intelligent people can habitate this place and make something out of it! Until then, stay to your traditional goat- and donkeyshagging.For something better you are not made!
październik 6th, 2008 at 04:39
‘for the time is near’? Did I read that right? Better use an ’s’ for the sigma, though I’m guessing you’re writing more like modern Greek… I’m only versed in the Classical variety.
październik 7th, 2008 at 05:27
u people still dont get it, the time will come, O kairoc gar eggyc
październik 8th, 2008 at 10:13
2012-2024?
Heh. (h)ellenes? Well, you can leave the h in. It WAS once a letter in Greek, after all. Before the arrival of the Ionic version of the letters in Athens after 403BC they used the H just like in English. Only after did it come to stand for the Eta, which is merely a longer held epsilong (in Classical Greek.)