3/3. The Dark Lords of Hattusha. More than 3,000 years ago a mysterious civilization rose from nothing to build an empire that rivalled that of Egypt and Babylon. And yet at the height of its powers, this great empire suddenly vanished from history. This is the story of the formidable Hittites, a civilization bent on world domination. With the rediscovery of the capital Hattusha, archaeologists have unearthed more than 30,000 tablets that were used to catalogue the secrets of the Hittite people. Using these deciphered texts, this film re-creates the lost world and tries to explain what caused an empire built to last for ever to vanish so completely from history. See Monday's choice.
Director Martin Wilson (HD)