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Ancient Apocalypse

Fekri Hassan

Cynthia Page

Jessica Cecil

Alan Bookbinder

Ancient Apocalypse: Episode 1: Death on the Nile

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Death on the Nile

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Episode 1: Death on the Nile

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Fekri Hassan attempts to determine why the Egyptian Old Kingdom collapsed around 2200 BC.

Science series solving riddles of the ancient past. Exploring why the Egyptian Old Kingdom, the civilisation of the great pyramids, collapsed around 2200 BC.

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.

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Series seeking to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature

Throughout the ages, civilisations have risen to power and dramatically disappeared. From Mayans to Minoans, how were these ancient empires destroyed by the forces of nature?

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