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Ancient Armageddon

The Covid-19pandemic has shown us just how devastatingits effects can be, and how...

[narrator] The Covid-19
pandemic has shown us just how devastating
its effects can be, and how vulnerable we are
in an interconnected world. Just as they were then

Full Transcript

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[narrator] The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us
00:00:03.699 --> 00:00:06.699
just how devastating its effects can be,
00:00:06.699 --> 00:00:10.633
and how vulnerable we are in an interconnected world.
00:00:10.633 --> 00:00:12.499
Just as they were then.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:32
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...
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,
We also know that several tombs - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
We also know that several tombs
Which has led some scholars to think that - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
Which has led some scholars to think that
[narrator] It is sounds suspiciously - Ancient Armageddon 00:45
[narrator] It is sounds suspiciously
[narrator] Do we at last have the answer to what happened - Ancient Armageddon 00:58
[narrator] Do we at last have the answer to what happened
You have the king at the top, - Ancient Armageddon 00:12
You have the king at the top,
[narrator] It is possible that Mycenae's eventual destruction - Ancient Armageddon 00:36
[narrator] It is possible that Mycenae's eventual destr...
Even if it is religious in nature, - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
Even if it is religious in nature,
[narrator] An internal rebellion may well have been - Ancient Armageddon 00:43
[narrator] An internal rebellion may well have been
So they put down their tools, - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
So they put down their tools,
And they kept doing this until they finally got paid. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
And they kept doing this until they finally got paid.
[narrator] This near-complete social and political collapse - Ancient Armageddon 00:23
[narrator] This near-complete social and political collapse
Some may have been migrants, some may have been refugees. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Some may have been migrants, some may have been refugees.
[narrator] As these victims of a string of disasters - Ancient Armageddon 00:36
[narrator] As these victims of a string of disasters
After years of research, theories and mystery, - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
After years of research, theories and mystery,
Life, as we know it, is much more messy. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
Life, as we know it, is much more messy.
And so, I do not think I see this as a linear progression, - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And so, I do not think I see this as a linear progression,
I think it is just this whole smorgasbord - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
I think it is just this whole smorgasbord