PBS NOVA 2013 Building Pharaohs Chariot 540p x264 AAC mp4

Building Pharaoh's Chariot

History, Technology Documentary hosted by Demetri Goritsas, published by PBS in 2013 - English narration





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Building Pharaoh's Chariot
Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depict pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? 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 astonishingly advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even a convex-shaped rear mirror, leading one of them to compare the level of design to the engineering standards of 1930's-era Buicks! By driving our pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, Nova's experts test the claim that the chariot marks a crucial turning point in ancient military history.

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Technical Specs for 540p
Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
Video Bitrate: CRF 21
Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Resolution: 960x540
Audio Codec: AAC-LC (Nero)
Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps ABR 48KHz
Audio Channels: 2
Run-Time: 53mn 54s
Framerate: 29.970 fps (Constant Frame Rate)
Number of Parts: 1
Part Size: 886 MiB
Container: MP4
Aired: 2013, Feb 6
Source: HDTV
Capper: KarMa



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1) Further Information

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/pharaoh-chariot.html