Professor 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 – these are the events that have helped shape our modern world.
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Air Date: 2022-03-14
Professor Alice Roberts charts the rise of civilisation from 6100BCE to the end of the Bronze Age. A time of great wo...
Air Date: 2022-03-21
Professor Alice Roberts looks at the rise of one of history’s greatest civilisations, the Roman Empire, asking, what ...
Air Date: 2022-03-28
The disastrous final days of the Roman Empire are examined in this episode, including the cataclysmic power vacuum fo...
Air Date: 2022-04-04
Professor Alice Roberts reveals how archaeologists are shedding light on one of history’s most mysterious periods. Fo...
Air Date: 2022-04-11
In the final episode of Curse of the Ancients, Professor Alice Roberts looks at one of the most cursed periods in Eur...