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[narrator] The team found several examples of this liquefaction layer
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Ancient Armageddon

The team found severalexamples of this liquefaction layer. Evidence of amassive...

[narrator] The team found several
examples of this liquefaction layer. Evidence of a
massive earthquake. And in these layers, they found shards of pottery. It is pottery, it
is pottery, it is pottery, it is
pottery, it is pottery

Full Transcript

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[narrator] The team found several examples of this liquefaction layer.
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Evidence of a massive earthquake.
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And in these layers,
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they found shards of pottery.
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It is pottery, it is pottery, it is
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pottery, it is pottery, it is pottery.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:35
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...
[narrator] Radio carbon dating of the pottery - Ancient Armageddon 00:22
[narrator] Radio carbon dating of the pottery
This pot, we showed it to a specialist - Ancient Armageddon 00:10
This pot, we showed it to a specialist
[narrator] A massive earthquake seems to have happened - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
[narrator] A massive earthquake seems to have happened
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.