Ancient Apocalypse - Season 1

Ancient Apocalypse - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes4
Datesjuil. 26, 2001 - août 16, 2001

Episodes

Death on the Nile
Season 1Episode 155 min

Death on the Nile

Professor Fekri Hassan attempts to determine why the Egyptian Old Kingdom, the civilisation of the great pyramids, collapsed around 2200 BC. Can science show that terrible forces of nature were to blame - even driving people to cannibalism? Clues come from the remote deserts of southern Egypt, the glaciers of Iceland and a dramatic and unique archaeological find in the Nile delta.

juil. 26, 2001
Mystery of the Minoans
Season 1Episode 255 min

Mystery of the Minoans

A look at how the Minoan civilisation, situated on the Mediterranean island of Crete, was wiped out 3,500 years ago by one of the biggest volcanic eruptions since the Ice Age on the nearby island of Thira. 21st century science reveals the horror the volcano unleashed.

août 2, 2001
The Maya Collapse
Season 1Episode 355 min

The Maya Collapse

In the ninth century AD, the great Maya civilisation in Central America and southern Mexico all but disappeared. Millions died and great cities were abandoned to the jungle. Why this happened was a mystery, until science started unlocking the secrets of the past to reveal the brutality of nature.

août 9, 2001
Sodom and Gomorrah
Season 1Episode 455 min

Sodom and Gomorrah

The Bible describes how Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone. Could the inspiration for this story come from a natural apocalypse around the Dead Sea in the Middle East? Science tests out the extraordinary geology of the region - could an earthquake trigger a landslide capable of sweeping away whole cities?

août 16, 2001

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