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Ancient Apocalypse

Episode 3: The Maya Collapse

Duration: 50 minutes

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

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Series using science to solve riddles of the ancient past. This edition unravels the reasons behind the disappearance of the Maya civilisation in Central America. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Cynthia Page
Series Producer:
Jessica Cecil
Executive Producer:
Alan Bookbinder

Ancient Apocalypse

Episode 4: Sodom and Gomorrah

Duration: 50 minutes

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

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Series using science to solve riddles of the ancient past. Were the Bible's Sodom and Gomorrah real cities, destroyed by a landslide caused by an earthquake? Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Danielle Peck
Series Producer:
Jessica Cecil
Executive Producer:
Alan Bookbinder

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

Contributors

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

Ancient Apocalypse

Episode 2: Mystery of the Minoans

Duration: 50 minutes

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

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How the Minoan civilisation on 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. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Danielle Peck
Series Producer:
Jessica Cecil
Executive Producer:
Alan Bookbinder