Ancient Discoveries - Season 1 Episode 2 Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

Name: Ancient Discoveries
Genre: Documentary
Released: 28 Dec 2009
Rating: 9.00
Cast: Sean Barrett

2009-12-28 60 minutes.

9.00 6 votes

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Season - Episode

6 Season 6 Nov 05, 2009

6 - 1

Airborne Assault Nov 05, 2009
6 - 2

Guns n' Ammo Jan 01, 1970
6 - 3

Ancient Mega-Fort Dec 04, 2009
6 - 4

Ancient Secret Agents Dec 19, 2009
6 - 5

Gruesome Medicine Dec 18, 2009
6 - 6

Riots and Revolution Dec 18, 2009
6 - 7

Ancient Commandos Dec 18, 2009
6 - 8

Ancient Special Forces Dec 18, 2009
6 - 9

Twisted Weapons of the East Dec 18, 2009
6 - 10

Ancient Record Breakers Dec 22, 2009
6 - 11

Mega Ocean Conquest Dec 22, 2009
6 - 12

Rituals of Death Dec 22, 2009
6 - 13

Secret Science of the Occult Dec 28, 2009

5 Season 5 Oct 23, 2008

5 - 1

Death Weapons of the East Oct 23, 2008
5 - 2

Impossible Naval Engineering Oct 30, 2008
5 - 3

Ancient Tank Tech Nov 06, 2008
5 - 4

Ancient Torture Tech Nov 13, 2008
5 - 5

Ancient Mining Machines Nov 20, 2008
5 - 6

Impossible Army Machines Dec 01, 2008
5 - 7

Lost Science of the Bible Dec 15, 2008

4 Season 4 Jan 28, 2008

4 - 1

Lost Cities of the Deep Jan 28, 2008
4 - 2

Ancient Super Navies Feb 04, 2008
4 - 3

Ancient Super Ballistics Feb 11, 2008
4 - 4

Ancient Death Machines Feb 25, 2008
4 - 5

Ancient Chinese Super Ships Mar 03, 2008
4 - 6

Ancient New York Mar 10, 2008

3 Season 3 Jan 23, 2007

3 - 1

Siege of Troy Jan 23, 2007
3 - 2

Cars & Planes Jan 30, 2007
3 - 3

Machines of the Gods Feb 06, 2007
3 - 4

Super Ships Feb 13, 2007
3 - 5

Mega Machines Feb 20, 2007
3 - 6

Egyptian Warfare Feb 27, 2007
3 - 7

Chinese Warfare Mar 06, 2007
3 - 8

Machines III Mar 27, 2007
3 - 9

Robots Apr 17, 2007
3 - 10

Machines of the East Apr 24, 2007

2 Season 2 Aug 21, 2005

2 - 1

Warfare Aug 21, 2005
2 - 2

Ships Aug 21, 2005
2 - 3

Machines II Dec 11, 2005

1 Season 1 Dec 21, 2003

1 - 1

Ancient Computer? Dec 21, 2003
1 - 2

Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators Dec 21, 2003
1 - 3

Heron of Alexandria Dec 21, 2003

Overview

"Medicine" is mostly devoted to Galen, a Greek physician in the Roman Empire who pioneered numerous medical techniques, honing his craft on wounded gladiators and soldiers on the battlefield. The unique discovery in this episode is a human skull that implies an effort to perform a rudimentary type of brain surgery.

Year 2009

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Popularity 0.811

Language English, German