Bronze-Age Apocalypse

Ancient History Documentary Expedition 2023

Life in the eastern Mediterranean was flourishing in the Late Bronze Age (around 1250 B.C. / B.C.E); the Hittites had established a mighty empire that controlled most of Anatolia and northern Syria.

Director: Katie Reisz

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Episodes

EP 1

The Sea People

Professor Salima Ikram shows us an extraordinary series of reliefs and inscriptions about Ramses' battles with the 'Sea People' at Ramses III's mortuary temple at Medinet Habu in Egypt.

9 Nov 2026 14:35

EP 2

The Great Disaster

Around 1200 B.C. / B.C.E.: Bronze Age people are on the move across the Eastern Mediterranean and sacking and burning the great centres of civilisation as they go.

9 Nov 2026 15:35