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Ancient Armageddon

The city walls wereover five miles in length The city walls wereover five miles in length...

The city walls were
over five miles in length The city walls were
over five miles in length and more than 30 feet high

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The city walls were over five miles in length
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The city walls were over five miles in length
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and more than 30 feet high.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:27
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...
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...
May you know about it. You must know about it!" - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
May you know about it. You must know about it!"
In addition to Ugarit, Hattusa and Mycenae - Ancient Armageddon 00:41
In addition to Ugarit, Hattusa and Mycenae
Perhaps their strong connections made them vulnerable. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
Perhaps their strong connections made them vulnerable.
Evidence of the close links that existed between the states - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
Evidence of the close links that existed between the states
Would the destruction of only one or two places in this extensive network - Ancient Armageddon 00:15
Would the destruction of only one or two places in this exte...
[Christoph] Once the same people who'd have invested in these networks, - Ancient Armageddon 00:23
[Christoph] Once the same people who'd have invested in...
[narrator] It is possible that the close links between them, - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
[narrator] It is possible that the close links between them,