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Research scientist Nick Marriner and his team
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Ancient Armageddon

Research scientist NickMarriner and his team have been working across all thecountries...

Research scientist Nick
Marriner and his team have been working across all the
countries affected by the drought. Including Egypt. We are using an auger
to take, uh, a core to study the evolution of the Nile's ancient environments and its waterscapes

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Research scientist Nick Marriner and his team
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have been working across all the countries affected by the drought.
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Including Egypt.
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We are using an auger to take, uh, a core
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to study the evolution of the
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Nile's ancient environments
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and its waterscapes.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:52
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] They can analyze the pollen and other finds in the layers of sediment. - Ancient Armageddon 00:19
[narrator] They can analyze the pollen and other finds in th...
What the climate was like, what human - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
What the climate was like, what human
And our discharge is spanning more than 6,500 kilometers - Ancient Armageddon 00:27
And our discharge is spanning more than 6,500 kilometers
And would've significantly affected, uh, Bronze Age societies. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And would've significantly affected, uh, Bronze Age soc...
[narrator] A drought lasting a year or two, - Ancient Armageddon 00:19
[narrator] A drought lasting a year or two,
When the drought finally ends, - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
When the drought finally ends,
A remarkable story seems to be coming together. - Ancient Armageddon 00:46
A remarkable story seems to be coming together.
[narrator] If a sudden event was the catalyst - Ancient Armageddon 00:25
[narrator] If a sudden event was the catalyst
Yet there is nothing to suggest - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Yet there is nothing to suggest
But recently, - Ancient Armageddon 00:32
But recently,
It was indeed a large field preceded - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
It was indeed a large field preceded
Nobody, or except - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
Nobody, or except
[narrator] This temple known as Kom el-Hetan, - Ancient Armageddon 00:24
[narrator] This temple known as Kom el-Hetan,
Over the last few decades, - Ancient Armageddon 00:30
Over the last few decades,
[narrator] In the process of all the re-construction, - Ancient Armageddon 00:28
[narrator] In the process of all the re-construction,
What we see here, - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
What we see here,
We see all this block tilted few degree... - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We see all this block tilted few degree...
And you see this row of blocks? - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And you see this row of blocks?
So we have some kind of wave here. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
So we have some kind of wave here.
We have a manmade mortar folded like this. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We have a manmade mortar folded like this.