Aqueducts - Roads - Viae
A look at the greatest aqueducts and roads of ancient Rome.

Asia - Science in Ancient Asia
Ancient Asian science. Metallurgy, making paper, and developments in mathematics, including zero.

Calendar
Developments in the calendar, including early Babylonian and Egyptian, and later Roman improvements in keepng track of the days.

Eclipse
Knowledge of the central position of the sun allowed the ancients to predict the solar eclipse.

Egypt - Science in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian science. Egyptian contributions to science in the areas of irrigation, astronomy, mathematics, paper making, and the calendar.

Greece - Science in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek science. Engineering feats, including the astrolabe and clocks, Archimedes, the Library at Alexandria, and philosophers.

Medicine
Diet, regimen, four humors, blood letting, dentistry, gynecology, obstetrics, plastic surgery and other techniques to improve the health of the sick, injured, and pregnant.

Near East - Science in the Ancient Near East
Near Eastern science. Irrigation, glassmaking, plumbing, and mathematics.

Paper Papyrus Vellum Codex Manuscript Book
The evolution of the book from papyrus in Egypt and paper in China, through vellum and the codex to the manuscripts transcribed by medieval monks.

Philosophers
Ancient Greek natural philosophers looked rationally at mythology and wrote about the order of the cosmos.