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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

By 441 CE it was in disarray, with the heart of the Empire,Rome itself, besieged by fierce...

By 441 CE it was in disarray, with the heart of the Empire,
Rome itself, besieged by fierce Germanic tribes

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By 441 CE it was in disarray,
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with the heart of the Empire, Rome itself,
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besieged by fierce Germanic tribes.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:01
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
history
Production
Star Film,Georges Méliès

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Movie Summary

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...
S01 • E04 This is the first excavation of a Viking burial in over a century. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
This is the first excavation of a Viking burial in over a ce...
S01 • E04 This ship burial was found using ground penetrating radar - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:12
This ship burial was found using ground penetrating radar
S01 • E01 It may have been several tens of metres, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
It may have been several tens of metres,
S01 • E02 Here in these forests, a battle took place - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
Here in these forests, a battle took place
S01 • E03 With Rome on its knees, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
With Rome on its knees,
S01 • E01 It struck parts of the Scottish coastline, then proceeded south. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
It struck parts of the Scottish coastline, then proceeded so...
S01 • E05 It's a ditch which is filled with human body parts. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
It's a ditch which is filled with human body parts.
S01 • E02 But for more than a thousand years, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
But for more than a thousand years,
S01 • E04 What we found out was the remaining wood of the ship is decaying. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
What we found out was the remaining wood of the ship is deca...
S01 • E01 By the time it reached Doggerland, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
By the time it reached Doggerland,
S01 • E03 Just over 60 years ago, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:13
Just over 60 years ago,
S01 • E04 It is in a bad state of preservation, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
It is in a bad state of preservation,
S01 • E05 You see a skull here, a leg here, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
You see a skull here, a leg here,
S01 • E01 PROF. ALLABY: The tsunami comes through, effectively, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:12
PROF. ALLABY: The tsunami comes through, effectively,
S01 • E02 MAN: The Roman grasp of German geography - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
MAN: The Roman grasp of German geography
S01 • E04 With the clock ticking, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
With the clock ticking,
S01 • E05 ALICE ROBERTS: But this is no church cemetery. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
ALICE ROBERTS: But this is no church cemetery.
S01 • E02 They are aware of where the great rivers of Germany are, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
They are aware of where the great rivers of Germany are,
S01 • E05 JOZSEF LASZLOVSKY: This is not a proper burial site. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
JOZSEF LASZLOVSKY: This is not a proper burial site.
S01 • E04 Viking ship burials were believed by these pagan warriors - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
Viking ship burials were believed by these pagan warriors