Secrets to Civilisation The Bronze Age Catastrophe (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History

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Secrets to Civilisation

The Bronze Age Catastrophe (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History

Historians and archaeologists worked long on various theories about the extinction of most Mediterranean states and cultures around the reign of Pharaon Rameses III (+1155 BC), except his own Egypt, from the Myceneans to the Hittites and ...See moreHistorians and archaeologists worked long on various theories about the extinction of most Mediterranean states and cultures around the reign of Pharaon Rameses III (+1155 BC), except his own Egypt, from the Myceneans to the Hittites and Babylonians. The few Ancienr records, mainly his, confirm a dark age of famine and invasions form unidentified 'sea people'. Yet none of the advanced disasters and wars accounts for the synchronicity. Then climatic records made it all fit, as drought resulting from temperature drop explain all storms and famine-driven migrations while sedentary states and commerce collapses in a chain, only the fertile Nile banks remaining a prosperous sanctuary for the superpower to remain standing. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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Name	Known for
Alice Roberts Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts (2022)
Eric Cline Self - Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, George Washington University Self - Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, George Washington University See fewer	Quest for Truth (2004)
Chris Naunton Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Chris Naunton) Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Chris Naunton) See fewer	The Story of Egyptology (2022)
Lewis Dartnell Self - Astrobiologist / Professor of Science Communication, University of Westminister Self - Astrobiologist / Professor of Science Communication, University of Westminister See fewer	Size Matters (2018)
Vasiliki Kassianidou Self - Archaeometallurgist / Professor of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus Self - Archaeometallurgist / Professor of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus See fewer	Secrets to Civilisation (2021)
Dafna Langgut Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Dafna Langgut) Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Dafna Langgut) See fewer	Secrets to Civilisation (2021)
Israel Finkelstein Self - Archaeologist Self - Archaeologist See fewer	The Bible Unearthed: The Making of a Religion (2005)
Lee Drake Self - Paleoclimatologist / Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, University of New Mexico Self - Paleoclimatologist / Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, University of New Mexico See fewer	Secrets to Civilisation (2021)
Martin Finné Self - Archaeologist Self - Archaeologist See fewer	Secrets to Civilisation (2021)
Mark Macklin Self - Potamologist / Distinguished Professor of River Systems, Lincoln University Self - Potamologist / Distinguished Professor of River Systems, Lincoln University See fewer	Secrets to Civilisation (2021)
Jimmy 'The Bee' Bennett Sea People Leader Sea People Leader See fewer	Blame (II) (2017)
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Wesley Charles Young Ramses III Young Ramses III See fewer	Then the Drink Takes You (2021)
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