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Ancient Top 10 (2016)
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I like the concept but it was terribly executed. I am no historian but even as someone who is naturally inquisitive and competent, you start noticing a lack of objective facts. The show seems very biased towards the Roman, Egyptian & Greek empires (I sometimes heard about Asian & Middle East empires), almost to the point where you feel as if there was no other cultures in the world at those times. I get that much of Europe and Egypt were amazing empires back then but it seems the series strategically picked certain categories so they could place only the above empires within those categories and limit others. I'm at episode 10 of season one and it all now just sounds very redundant of the same facts - I think I've relearned the same thing 10 times now. Also, the historians, archaeologists and other tv personas, while nice to look at, are overdramatizing, to the point where it's almost comical. I did at first think it was interesting to see younger, more diverse people reporting the facts, which made it relatable to my generation (I'm 28) but instead it was an awkward group of people that you start wondering about their credentials. It would've been great to see the same age group of people that really knew their stuff but presented it in a more well mannered way, so the audience can take them serious. Instead, I felt
I was watching an episode of Mythbusters. Another reason the show felt so biased and comical was they kept saying "Our top 10" or "This is why it need to be on my top 10" - like what!?!? I'm watching THE HISTORY CHANNEL, not tuning into someone's live on YouTube or TikTok. Lastly, the show has a logo of what resembles a Trojan warrior helmet, like seriously? I'll leave it at that.