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Ancient Armageddon

Eric thinks itwould have been possible for a storm of earthquakes over a period of 50...

[narrator] Eric thinks it
would have been possible for a storm of earthquakes over a period of 50 years. From about 1225 to 1175 B.C. To cause such
devastating destruction To cause such
devastating destruction across the Eastern
Mediterranean, that society would have
found it very difficult to recover. [Eric] There are
some things that are known as
earthquake sequences, or earthquake storms

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[narrator] Eric thinks it would have been possible
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for a storm of earthquakes
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over a period of 50 years.
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From about 1225 to 1175 B.C.
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To cause such devastating destruction
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To cause such devastating destruction
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across the Eastern Mediterranean,
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that society would have found it very difficult to recover.
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[Eric] There are some things that
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are known as earthquake sequences,
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or earthquake storms.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:38
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 this is simply, when you have an - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
And this is simply, when you have an
And if that earthquake does not - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And if that earthquake does not
In fact, usually, we need to - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
In fact, usually, we need to
And then the sequence starts all over again. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
And then the sequence starts all over again.
[narrator] The Mediterranean is full of fault zones. - Ancient Armageddon 00:14
[narrator] The Mediterranean is full of fault zones.
[Eric] If we take a look at the map here, - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
[Eric] If we take a look at the map here,
We've got one coming down the side of - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We've got one coming down the side of
There's another one that goes across the top of - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
There's another one that goes across the top of
And of course, we got the Dead Sea Fault that comes - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
And of course, we got the Dead Sea Fault that comes
Now, if we superimpose a map - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
Now, if we superimpose a map
So, we have here, I think, - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
So, we have here, I think,
And that may, um, tell us why - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
And that may, um, tell us why
[narrator] Such an earthquake storm - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
[narrator] Such an earthquake storm
Coming in the middle of a devastating drought, - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
Coming in the middle of a devastating drought,
So, was the earthquake storm the final link - Ancient Armageddon 00:34
So, was the earthquake storm the final link
But more often than not, when - Ancient Armageddon 00:20
But more often than not, when
[narrator] The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
[narrator] The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us
Diseases are often hard to identify - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
Diseases are often hard to identify
This is the tomb of Ramses V, - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
This is the tomb of Ramses V,
And then, when we carried out tests, - Ancient Armageddon 00:25
And then, when we carried out tests,