BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

BBC Two Scotland

Chronicle

Long-running flagship archaeology series.

Chronicle: Lost Kings of the Desert

30/10/1979

Lost Kings of the Desert

BBC - Chronicle, Lost Kings of the Desert

An exploration of a lost city in the middle of the Iraq desert. (1979)

Professor Colin Renfrew examines the forgotten city of Hatra,  which was influenced by the Romans yet remained independent. 

First transmitted in 1979, Professor Colin Renfrew examines the forgotten city of Hatra. The programme examines how this stone metropolis retained its buildings, unlike the mud-bricked city of Nineveh, which is now just a large mound or 'tell'. Renfrew visits the reconstructed gates and figures of winged bull-men that are all that is left of Nineveh, before illustrating the extraordinary society that existed at Hatra, which was influenced by the Romans yet remained independent. 

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Chronicle

Lost Kings of the Desert

Genres

Brand

BBC Two Scotland

About BBC Two

About this data