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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For over 1,000 years, chariots thundered across China's battlefields, dominating warfare longer than anywhere else on Earth. Now, a series of amazing archaeological findings enable a team of experts to reconstruct and test China's first super-weapon.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Building Pharaoh's Chariot, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even a convex shaped rear mirror. By driving the pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, Nova's experts test the claim that the chariot marks...
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