Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts (2022- )

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In this exciting five-part history series, Curse of the Ancients 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. In each episode, Alice takes viewers on a journey across Europe and North Africa to discover epic sites and landmarks - fabulous cities abandoned, battlefields long forgotten and sophisticated civilisations toppled and lost to the mists of time.  To our ancient ancestors, suffering these catastrophic events, it must have seemed they were cursed but science is now exploding those myths and re-writing history.       

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Scheduleevery Monday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Medieval Mystery
Season 1Episode 560 min

Medieval Mystery

In the final episode of Curse of the Ancients, Professor Alice Roberts looks at one of the most cursed periods in European history - the Middle Ages. Archaeologists reveal how wars, such as the Mongol invasion of Hungary, the Black Death that wiped out up to half of Europe's population, and climate change causing cataclysmic floods – turned our ancestors' world upside down. Death was a part of everyday life. With such calamities, Western society was on the verge of collapse. So how did it survive, and how did these catastrophes lay the foundation for the modern world?

Apr 11, 2022

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E05Medieval MysteryApr 11, 2022
S01E04God's Holy WarriorsApr 4, 2022
S01E03The Darkest AgeMar 28, 2022
S01E02Rome's Rise and FallMar 21, 2022
S01E01Ancient Global WarmingMar 14, 2022
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