Footprints of Civilisation

Footprints of Civilization

A look at the nature of the first man-made buildings and the predecessors of what we call skyscrapers, in a union of the past and present of architecture.

Discover the treasures left behind by ancient civilisations up to the present day, from the wheel to the observation of the first stars with the Hubble Space Telescope, from mummification to the first heart transplant.

A look at how Chinese, Greek and Roman philosophers have influenced social life and civil coexistence today through the works and political instruments they wrote and introduced.

From the Sumerians to the Romans, from cuneiform writing to hieroglyphics, from Homeric poems to emoticons: experts discuss the origins of writing and the means of communication.

A look at what the plans to terraform Mars and the ancient Egyptians' irrigation of the River Nile have in common. And discover why no agriculture would mean no culture at all.

The birth of what we consider art: at first a simple expression of mankind asserting its existence, then with the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans came the definition of art as we still understand it today.