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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts reveals how scientists are unearthing the evidence for cataclysmic events in the past and their disastrous consequences. From wars to earthquakes and floods to famines, the events that have helped shape the modern wo...

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PROF. ALICE ROBERS: Do you
ever have the feeling - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

PROF. ALICE ROBERS: Do you ever have the feeling

Do you ever have the feeling
that the world is full of disasters, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Do you ever have the feeling that the world is full of disas...

PROF. ALICE ROBERTS: Do you ever
have the feeling - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

PROF. ALICE ROBERTS: Do you ever have the feeling

Do you ever have the feeling - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Do you ever have the feeling

ALICE ROBERTS: Do you ever
have the feeling that the world - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

ALICE ROBERTS: Do you ever have the feeling that the world

Well, so did our ancient ancestors. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Well, so did our ancient ancestors.

From wars to earthquakes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

From wars to earthquakes,

From wars to earthquakes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

From wars to earthquakes,

From wars to earthquakes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

From wars to earthquakes,

From wars to earthquakes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

From wars to earthquakes,

This series will reveal - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This series will reveal

MAN 2: The people here
meant to stay here forever, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN 2: The people here meant to stay here forever,

MAN: The people here
meant to stay here forever - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: The people here meant to stay here forever

The people meant to stay here
forever, but something wrong. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

The people meant to stay here forever, but something wrong.

MAN: The people here
meant to stay here forever - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: The people here meant to stay here forever

MAN: The people here meant
to stay here forever, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: The people here meant to stay here forever,

..battlefields long forgotten... - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..battlefields long forgotten...

..battlefields long forgotten... - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..battlefields long forgotten...

This onslaught of warriors
hopping ashore - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This onslaught of warriors hopping ashore

This onslaught of warriors
hopping ashore - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This onslaught of warriors hopping ashore

This onslaught of warriors
hopping ashore, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This onslaught of warriors hopping ashore,

This onslaught of warriors
hopping ashore - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This onslaught of warriors hopping ashore

WOMAN: It is hand-to-hand combat,
it's not been done at long distance, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

WOMAN: It is hand-to-hand combat, it's not been done at...

MAN: We don't have any other
archaeological site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: We don't have any other archaeological site

MAN: We don't have
any other archaeological site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: We don't have any other archaeological site

We don't have any other
archaeological site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

We don't have any other archaeological site

MAN: We don't have any other
archaeological site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: We don't have any other archaeological site

MAN 2: We don't have
any other archaeological site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN 2: We don't have any other archaeological site

..sophisticated civilisations toppled - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..sophisticated civilisations toppled

..sophisticated civilisations toppled - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..sophisticated civilisations toppled

..sophisticated civilisations - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..sophisticated civilisations

..sophisticated civilisations
toppled - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..sophisticated civilisations toppled

..sophisticated civilisations toppled - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..sophisticated civilisations toppled

MAN 2: I think it's up there - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN 2: I think it's up there

I think it's up there
with the modern tsunamis - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

I think it's up there with the modern tsunamis

I think it's up there,
along with the modern tsunamis - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

I think it's up there, along with the modern tsunamis

I think it's up there
with the modern tsunamis - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

I think it's up there with the modern tsunamis

I think it's up there
with the modern tsunamis - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

I think it's up there with the modern tsunamis

The worst thing possible
is to kill the chieftain - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

The worst thing possible is to kill the chieftain

To our ancient ancestors
suffering these catastrophes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

To our ancient ancestors suffering these catastrophes,

To our ancient ancestors,
suffering these catastrophes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

To our ancient ancestors, suffering these catastrophes,

To our ancient ancestors
suffering these catastrophes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

To our ancient ancestors suffering these catastrophes,

To our ancient ancestors
suffering these catastrophes, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

To our ancient ancestors suffering these catastrophes,

To our ancient ancestors - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

To our ancient ancestors

But science is now exploding
those myths and re-writing history. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But science is now exploding those myths and re-writing hist...

But science is now exploding those
myths and re-writing history. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But science is now exploding those myths and re-writing hist...

But science is now exploding
those myths and rewriting history. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But science is now exploding those myths and rewriting histo...

But science is now exploding
those myths and re-writing history. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But science is now exploding those myths and re-writing hist...

In this episode, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In this episode,

But science is now
exploding those myths - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But science is now exploding those myths

In this episode,
the rise of the Roman Empire, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In this episode, the rise of the Roman Empire,

In this episode, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In this episode,

In this episode, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In this episode,

..and the power vacuum that
followed its collapse. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

..and the power vacuum that followed its collapse.

In this episode, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In this episode,

At that point, Rome was really
the only force to reckon with. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

At that point, Rome was really the only force to reckon with...

MAN 3: They believed in God
and devils and spirits - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN 3: They believed in God and devils and spirits

A time when new tribes vied for power - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

A time when new tribes vied for power

Experts researching in far-flung
reaches of the empire - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Experts researching in far-flung reaches of the empire

But with fresh archaeological
evidence from Scandinavia, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But with fresh archaeological evidence from Scandinavia,

ALICE ROBERTS:
War, disease, climatic disaster. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

ALICE ROBERTS: War, disease, climatic disaster.

But most of these great
Bronze Age civilisations - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But most of these great Bronze Age civilisations

What would the world look like
after Rome had fallen? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

What would the world look like after Rome had fallen?

Why did these pagan societies
seem suddenly to disappear? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Why did these pagan societies seem suddenly to disappear?

With such calamities, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

With such calamities,

It is a site of a massacre,
of a killing. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

It is a site of a massacre, of a killing.

We're going to reveal what happened
to these civilisations - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

We're going to reveal what happened to these civilisati...

Scandinavia was never
conquered by the Romans - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Scandinavia was never conquered by the Romans

ALICE ROBERTS:
So how did they survive? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

ALICE ROBERTS: So how did they survive?

The Saxons were warriors and farmers - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

The Saxons were warriors and farmers

By the 5th century, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

By the 5th century,

The Roman Empire
was one of history's - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

The Roman Empire was one of history's

And how did these catastrophes lay
the foundation for the modern world? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

And how did these catastrophes lay the foundation for the mo...

Hailing from northern Europe, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Hailing from northern Europe,

What started as a small settlement
on the west coast of Italy, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

What started as a small settlement on the west coast of Ital...

For thousands of years, the forces
of nature and human conflict - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

For thousands of years, the forces of nature and human confl...

But in Sweden,
mystery surrounds a settlement - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But in Sweden, mystery surrounds a settlement

And as Christianity spread from Rome, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

And as Christianity spread from Rome,

In medieval England,
religion was powerful, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In medieval England, religion was powerful,

But while Rome herself
enjoyed the riches of the Empire, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But while Rome herself enjoyed the riches of the Empire,

But groundbreaking new research
has shown - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

But groundbreaking new research has shown

MAN: Today this site - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

MAN: Today this site

Funerary rites - - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Funerary rites -

As our ancient ancestors emerged
from the last ice age, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

As our ancient ancestors emerged from the last ice age,

Obermarsberg in central Germany. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Obermarsberg in central Germany.

So, what was the secret
to Rome's success? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

So, what was the secret to Rome's success?

Once, it was a stronghold
and a frontier - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Once, it was a stronghold and a frontier

This is an extraordinary site, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

This is an extraordinary site,

So, the discovery of a mass grave
at Thornton Abbey, in Lincolnshire, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

So, the discovery of a mass grave at Thornton Abbey, in Linc...

In 2010, archaeologists made
a sensational discovery - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

In 2010, archaeologists made a sensational discovery

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Alice Roberts reveals how scientists are unearthing the evidence for cataclysmic events in the past and their disastrous consequences. From wars to earthquakes and floods to famines, the events that have helped shape the modern wo...

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Production: Star Film,Georges Méliès

Genre: history

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.1

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Released: 14 Mar 2022

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