Ancient Top 10

Very informative and illuminating. However, it misses out the top one in most categories.

This series fails to reckon with many crucial historical facts. It seems somewhat biased as the civilizations and locations discussed are limited to Egypt, Mayan, Chinese, Macedonian, Greek, Arab and African. I am surprised that makers of the series did not do their homework.

Let me shed some light on this missing account of one of the richest, most sophisticated and advanced civilization of all times that happened not some 3000- 4000 years ago but 7000 years ago. Indus civilization.

Ramayana happened 7000 years ago and was composed in Sanskrit in 5th century BC. Mahabharata happened 5000 years ago.

Bridge - Ramsetu 5075 BCE - A light weight limestones shoal chain bridge that was built between India and Srilanka 7000 years ago which can still be seen from space.

Aircraft - Pushpak 5075 BCE - an aircraft that brought Rama and Sita back to Ayodhya from current days Srilanka has been mentioned in Ramayana agaib was written in 5th century BC.

Remote sensing or drones 3000 BCE - Sanjay reports the war live to the king Dhrutrashtra (who is blind) sitting next to the king in the palace. And this war is being fought some 50-60 miles away from the palace.

Missiles - Astra 3000 BCE - Astra (weapons) used during Mahabharata war used Gamma rays. They were GPS guided and password controlled (Mantra). They were used both for defensive and offensive battles. Some of them were also reusable such as Sudarshan Chakra that would return back to dock.

And further into this list, the state-of-art modern architectures that included under ground tunnels, fire escapes, photorealistic 3D illusions, Human Cloning, Cosmetic Surgeries many more that flourished during Mahabharata times..

This is the monster truck rally of history shows complete with a "MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY!" style announcer and a lot of over the top dramatic sound bites. There is some real history, along with a lot of conjecture and "_some_ historians believe..." Given a choice between the most accepted history and the most sensational, the show goes with the most sensational.

On a regular station it would rate a 5. On the History channel it gets a 3 for being barely passable as history.

Two of the ships on the top 10 probably never even existed. They even made the ludicrous claim that one was so big it could possibly smash down stone coastal walls.

Nothing is going to be perfect, and you should ignore overly critical reviews about 1-2 facts that are "wrong". These shows are intended to educate, but also to entertain. You're dealing with ancient artifacts and structures that will always be debated about the true purpose, origin, or details surrounding these discoveries. This documentary series was also made in 2016, so much of the knowledge discovered I'm sure has been updated. However, appreciate the visuals and the immense amount of details and facts shared within these episodes, because it's incredible. I couldn't have asked for a more amazing program outside of more seasons, which sadly don't exist at the moment. All around impressive, incredible, and inspiring to say the least-watch the show, please.

Episode nine states Teotihuacan was the Aztecs, but it wasn't, it was Mayan. Most every other series ever, as well as The History Channel website states it was Mayan. Odd they would contradict themselves. But it is from 2016, and archaeology evolves. Now it's 2020 and it's all about the science, until it's not.

I hope you like LOUD HYPED MALE NARRATOR with EPIC ROCK MUSIC. Sensationalism for sensationalism's sake. This screams of something made to grab a Pawn Stars viewer instead of someone eager to learn history. Mostly treads the same few civilizations as most other budget docuseries, but gives Africa some love which is nice to see. The most frustrating aspect is when they run out of factual information but need to give a solid 'conclusion' for the audience and make stuff up instead of saying 'we don't know yet'.

It's a good docuseries to show people who have short attention spans, but like fictional historical shows since it focuses more on entertainment than neutral presentation.