NOVA - Chinese Chariot Revealed

Experts reconstruct and test China's first super-weapon, the chariot, which dominated the battlefields for more than 1000 years. For over a thousand years, chariots thundered across China’s battlefields, dominating warfare far longer than anywhere else on Earth. Now a series of amazing archaeological discoveries, including whole chariots buried with their horses, has enabled a team of experts to probe the genius of China’s first super-weapon. By recreating a battle chariot, they investigate the design secrets which made them such a long-lived war machine, all while discovering how they were used, what set them apart from the rest of the world, and their role in the unification of China.

Duration 53m31s
Resolution 1280x720
Video format H264
Audio format AC3
Language english
Subtitles english