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Ancient Armageddon

And our discharge is spanningmore than 6,500 kilometers from the sources ofthe Nile at...

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

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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.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:54
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
history
Production
TV6 Production,Discovery Channel,France Télévisions,NHK Enterprises

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Movie Summary

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...
And would've significantly affected, uh, Bronze Age societies. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And would've significantly affected, uh, Bronze Age soc...
[narrator] A drought lasting a year or two, - Ancient Armageddon 00:19
[narrator] A drought lasting a year or two,
When the drought finally ends, - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
When the drought finally ends,
A remarkable story seems to be coming together. - Ancient Armageddon 00:46
A remarkable story seems to be coming together.
[narrator] If a sudden event was the catalyst - Ancient Armageddon 00:25
[narrator] If a sudden event was the catalyst
Yet there is nothing to suggest - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Yet there is nothing to suggest
But recently, - Ancient Armageddon 00:32
But recently,
It was indeed a large field preceded - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
It was indeed a large field preceded
Nobody, or except - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
Nobody, or except
[narrator] This temple known as Kom el-Hetan, - Ancient Armageddon 00:24
[narrator] This temple known as Kom el-Hetan,
Over the last few decades, - Ancient Armageddon 00:30
Over the last few decades,
[narrator] In the process of all the re-construction, - Ancient Armageddon 00:28
[narrator] In the process of all the re-construction,
What we see here, - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
What we see here,
We see all this block tilted few degree... - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We see all this block tilted few degree...
And you see this row of blocks? - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And you see this row of blocks?
So we have some kind of wave here. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
So we have some kind of wave here.
We have a manmade mortar folded like this. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We have a manmade mortar folded like this.
Such a deformation can be - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
Such a deformation can be
[narrator] To try to pin point the date of the earthquake, - Ancient Armageddon 00:27
[narrator] To try to pin point the date of the earthquake,
We have a-- a thin archaeological layer. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We have a-- a thin archaeological layer.