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Ancient Armageddon

Andit's not just here. All the palace complexesof southern Greece, including nearby...

[narrator] And
it's not just here. All the palace complexes
of southern Greece, including nearby Tiryns, have layers of ash suggesting
that however well-fortified, they too were destroyed. So, if these Mycenaean
cities were overrun, who might they have
been attacked by? who might they have
been attacked by? Even though this all happened
more than 3,000 years ago, there are clues as to who
the assailants could have been. And they can be
found far from Greece... in Luxor, Egypt

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[narrator] And it's not just here.
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All the palace complexes of southern Greece,
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including nearby Tiryns,
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have layers of ash suggesting that however well-fortified,
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they too were destroyed.
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So, if these Mycenaean cities were overrun,
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who might they have been attacked by?
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who might they have been attacked by?
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Even though this all happened more than 3,000 years ago,
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there are clues as to who the assailants could have been.
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And they can be found far from Greece...
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in Luxor, Egypt.
Duration
39 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:41
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...
At Ramses III's mortuary temple, - Ancient Armageddon 00:12
At Ramses III's mortuary temple,
Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology - Ancient Armageddon 00:43
Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology
They desolated its people, - Ancient Armageddon 00:51
They desolated its people,
[narrator] Was Ramses' declaration that Egypt alone - Ancient Armageddon 00:21
[narrator] Was Ramses' declaration that Egypt alone
Nestled in the foothills of rural Turkiye lie the ruins of Hattusa, - Ancient Armageddon 00:12
Nestled in the foothills of rural Turkiye lie the ruins of H...
The Hittites had grown to match the Egyptians in power - Ancient Armageddon 00:30
The Hittites had grown to match the Egyptians in power
The city walls were over five miles in length - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
The city walls were over five miles in length
Archaeologist Christoph Bachhuber has studied - Ancient Armageddon 00:27
Archaeologist Christoph Bachhuber has studied
Uh, seemingly impenetrable up here. - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
Uh, seemingly impenetrable up here.
[narrator] Little remains today but Hattusa - Ancient Armageddon 00:42
[narrator] Little remains today but Hattusa
[narrator] But in the end, - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
[narrator] But in the end,
Andreas Schachner is directing excavations at the palace of Hattusa. - Ancient Armageddon 00:21
Andreas Schachner is directing excavations at the palace of ...
And here, for example, is one fallen down and - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
And here, for example, is one fallen down and
Wow, that is really great. Mama mia. - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
Wow, that is really great. Mama mia.
[narrator] The palace seems to have been razed to the ground. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
[narrator] The palace seems to have been razed to the ground...
But how could such a well-fortified city, 150 miles from the sea, - Ancient Armageddon 00:32
But how could such a well-fortified city, 150 miles from the...
Legal texts, um, religious texts, - Ancient Armageddon 00:57
Legal texts, um, religious texts,
A cache of desperate tablets written during a city's dying days - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
A cache of desperate tablets written during a city's dy...
"My cities were burnt. They did evil things in my country. - Ancient Armageddon 00:12
"My cities were burnt. They did evil things in my count...
[narrator] The king is desperate to save himself and his people. - Ancient Armageddon 00:34
[narrator] The king is desperate to save himself and his peo...