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Ancient Apocalypse

Episode 1: Death on the Nile

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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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. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Fekri Hassan
Producer:
Cynthia Page
Series Producer:
Jessica Cecil
Executive Producer:
Alan Bookbinder

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