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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

It's believedthat between a half and two-thirds of England's population died

It's believed
that between a half and two-thirds of England's population died

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It's believed that between a half and two-thirds
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of England's population died.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:57
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E02 Can you imagine, though, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
Can you imagine, though,
S01 • E01 So what happened to transform Doggerland - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:09
So what happened to transform Doggerland
S01 • E04 And after that, the Saxonian war was won. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:04
And after that, the Saxonian war was won.
S01 • E02 This is incredible. That is just fantastic. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:04
This is incredible. That is just fantastic.
S01 • E05 And the mass grave for Black Death victims at Thornton, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:13
And the mass grave for Black Death victims at Thornton,
S01 • E03 The team can only guess at the connection - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
The team can only guess at the connection
S01 • E04 Of course, for the Saxons, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
Of course, for the Saxons,
S01 • E04 It meant the destruction of their way of life. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
It meant the destruction of their way of life.
S01 • E01 For the past 50 years, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
For the past 50 years,
S01 • E03 But their finds suggest a link - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
But their finds suggest a link
S01 • E02 Trapped inside their hillfort, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
Trapped inside their hillfort,
S01 • E05 HUGH WILLMOTT: I think it's pretty fair to say - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:09
HUGH WILLMOTT: I think it's pretty fair to say
S01 • E04 They were not convinced at the very beginning, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:11
They were not convinced at the very beginning,
S01 • E03 The Roman Empire was struggling - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:14
The Roman Empire was struggling
S01 • E01 WOMAN: Within the peat deposits, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
WOMAN: Within the peat deposits,
S01 • E05 But what this shows us is that it was equally devastating - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
But what this shows us is that it was equally devastating
S01 • E02 When you get this degree of missile activity, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:09
When you get this degree of missile activity,
S01 • E04 It would take over 30 years of conflict - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
It would take over 30 years of conflict
S01 • E01 We're way inland, so one of the things that we wanted to know - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
We're way inland, so one of the things that we wanted t...
S01 • E05 ALICE ROBERTS: The huge death toll of the Black Death - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
ALICE ROBERTS: The huge death toll of the Black Death