Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science -
secrets of the dead

Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his inventions as well as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas were realized long before he sketched them out in his notebooks - some even 1,700 years before. Was Leonardo a copycat?

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 1604

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About Secrets of the Dead:

Part detective story, part true-life drama, SECRETS OF THE DEAD unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.

Using the most up-to-date science in the laboratory and in the field, scientists and researchers examine the missing pieces of each puzzle, completing the picture of what had been merely an assemblage of suppositions.

Watch Secrets of the Dead - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Blackbeard's Lost Ship

Jurassic Fortunes

The Sunken Basilica

Death in Britannia

Eiffel's Race to the Top

A Revolutionary Use of Iron

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