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And our discharge is spanning
more than 6,500 kilometers from the sources of
the Nile at Lake Victoria right down to the Nile delta. This period lasted for
around, uh, 300 years. [narrator] This drop in the Nile appears to have started
during the reign of Ramses III. The pharaoh who
fought the sea people. This is an exceptionally,
uh, long period of drought that we could, uh, describe
as being a mega-drought
more than 6,500 kilometers from the sources of
the Nile at Lake Victoria right down to the Nile delta. This period lasted for
around, uh, 300 years. [narrator] This drop in the Nile appears to have started
during the reign of Ramses III. The pharaoh who
fought the sea people. This is an exceptionally,
uh, long period of drought that we could, uh, describe
as being a mega-drought
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And our discharge is spanning
more than 6,500 kilometers
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from the sources of
the Nile at Lake Victoria
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right down to the Nile delta.
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This period lasted for
around, uh, 300 years.
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[narrator] This drop in the Nile
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appears to have started
during the reign of Ramses III.
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The pharaoh who
fought the sea people.
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This is an exceptionally,
uh, long period of drought
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that we could, uh, describe
as being a mega-drought.
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This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...