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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Sirmium's devastationwas an eerie foreshadowing of the fate of the Empire itself

Sirmium's devastation
was an eerie foreshadowing of the fate of the Empire itself

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..Sirmium's devastation was an eerie foreshadowing
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of the fate of the Empire itself.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:08
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
history
Production
Star Film,Georges Méliès

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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...
S01 • E05 And when the Mongols returned in 1285, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
And when the Mongols returned in 1285,
S01 • E02 Known as lorica segmentata, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:13
Known as lorica segmentata,
S01 • E01 The human remains all date to the same time, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
The human remains all date to the same time,
S01 • E04 Some of the most important things we've learnt from Gjellestad so far - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
Some of the most important things we've learnt from Gje...
S01 • E05 Castles had been built, and these new fortifications were instrumental - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:09
Castles had been built, and these new fortifications were in...
S01 • E03 Sirmium shares the future of the whole Roman Empire, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:13
Sirmium shares the future of the whole Roman Empire,
S01 • E04 This Gjellestad ship is very different - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
This Gjellestad ship is very different
S01 • E01 We get about 9,000 animal bones - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:09
We get about 9,000 animal bones
S01 • E02 The theory was that, generally at this time, in Kalkriese, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:16
The theory was that, generally at this time, in Kalkriese,
S01 • E04 We can see it had a very small and slender keel, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
We can see it had a very small and slender keel,
S01 • E05 When forewarned, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:16
When forewarned,
S01 • E01 A large number of these bones show some kind of lesions. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
A large number of these bones show some kind of lesions.
S01 • E04 We have found no evidence of a mast or the rig of the ship. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:04
We have found no evidence of a mast or the rig of the ship.
S01 • E01 For example, they have been hit by an arrowhead - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:15
For example, they have been hit by an arrowhead
S01 • E04 But, still, they could all have been removed, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
But, still, they could all have been removed,
S01 • E02 But the newly found armour that we have here - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
But the newly found armour that we have here
S01 • E03 The fall of Rome marked the end of the Western Roman Empire - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:10
The fall of Rome marked the end of the Western Roman Empire
S01 • E02 So the armour-making is more developed - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
So the armour-making is more developed
S01 • E04 Could the Gjellestad ship be a new type of vessel? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
Could the Gjellestad ship be a new type of vessel?
S01 • E05 ..a disfiguring disease that blighted the medieval world. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
..a disfiguring disease that blighted the medieval world.