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Ancient Armageddon

A massive earthquakeseems to have happened in 1200 B.C. And shortly afterwards, Ramses...

[narrator] A massive earthquake
seems to have happened in 1200 B.C. And shortly afterwards, Ramses III was
fighting the sea people. Could there be a link? Was this earthquake the trigger
for the events which followed, and the widespread
collapse of the known world? and the widespread
collapse of the known world?

Full Transcript

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[narrator] A massive earthquake seems to have happened
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in 1200 B.C.
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And shortly afterwards,
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Ramses III was fighting the sea people.
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Could there be a link?
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Was this earthquake the trigger for the events which followed,
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and the widespread collapse of the known world?
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and the widespread collapse of the known world?
Duration
26 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:31
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...
If so, - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
If so,
To determine the extent, - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
To determine the extent,
Here, a statue of three seated figures - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
Here, a statue of three seated figures
[gasps] This is where three person seated, - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
[gasps] This is where three person seated,
It is fantastic to see these - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
It is fantastic to see these
And displaced during this shock. - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
And displaced during this shock.
[narrator] Based on the direction of the cracks, - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
[narrator] Based on the direction of the cracks,
They travel to Abu Simbel in the south to investigate. - Ancient Armageddon 00:41
They travel to Abu Simbel in the south to investigate.
-Mmm-hmm. -A crack formed - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
-Mmm-hmm. -A crack formed
And, uh, because we have a small step, - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
And, uh, because we have a small step,
The blocks are shifted with respect to each other. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
The blocks are shifted with respect to each other.
And such it is, in geology, - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And such it is, in geology,
We can't expect this - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
We can't expect this
[narrator] They find similar cracks throughout the temple. - Ancient Armageddon 00:20
[narrator] They find similar cracks throughout the temple.
[Hourig] There is earthquake input of this collapse. - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
[Hourig] There is earthquake input of this collapse.
[narrator] So far, from Abu Simbel to Saqqara, - Ancient Armageddon 00:14
[narrator] So far, from Abu Simbel to Saqqara,
Egypt, it seems, was flattened in 1200 B.C. - Ancient Armageddon 00:19
Egypt, it seems, was flattened in 1200 B.C.
[narrator] Could earthquakes have caused destruction - Ancient Armageddon 00:28
[narrator] Could earthquakes have caused destruction
In fact, these photographs show that she was - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
In fact, these photographs show that she was
There's another house a couple hundred meters - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
There's another house a couple hundred meters