Reconstructing the Past
Reconstructie van het verleden
Rekonstruktion der Vergangenheit
Zrekonstruovaná historie
Ricostruire il Passato
Reconstruyendo el pasado
Återskapa det förflutna
The stage machinery of the Colosseum
De podiummachinerie van het Colloseum
Die Bühnenmaschinerie des Colosseums
Jevištní technika v Koloseu
Le Macchine sceniche del Colosseo
La maquinaria escénica del Coliseo
Scenmaskineriet i Colosseum
Unexpected stories
The Colosseum in Rome once had many stage lifts, able to bring people, scenery and animals up through the floor of the arena. In 2014, one of the lifts was reconstructed, demonstrating the skilful techniques used by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago.