19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)
Mon, 09 Dec 2024
In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing... In this episode we tra...
19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 1)
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing... In this episode we tra...
18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs
Thu, 01 Feb 2024
Far in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon… In this episode, we tra...
17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
Buried beneath the city streets of the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an ancient city lies forgotten... ...
16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Sun, 02 Oct 2022
In the lowlands of Burma lie the remains of thousands of crumbling temples... In this episode, we t...
15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
In the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone... In this...
14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Fri, 18 Feb 2022
On the rocky banks of South India's Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling... In...
13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
Mon, 14 Jun 2021
In the lowlands of Northern Iraq, a series of enormous cities lies crumbling in ruins... In this ep...
12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Tue, 12 Jan 2021
High up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud... In this e...
11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
On the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth... In th...
10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Mon, 24 Feb 2020
A city in ruins. A dynasty in tatters. An empire in ashes... This episode, we look at the remarkabl...
9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Mon, 16 Dec 2019
Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered... This episode...
8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
Fri, 25 Oct 2019
In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried. This episode, we tra...
7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Thu, 29 Aug 2019
Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the mo...
6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked
Sat, 29 Jun 2019
On one of the world’s most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the ...
5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings
Fri, 03 May 2019
Deep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees. In this epis...
4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun
Sun, 24 Mar 2019
One of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall in is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Gre...
3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees
Thu, 07 Feb 2019
In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees. I...
2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
Mon, 21 Jan 2019
Around the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole...
1. Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled
Sat, 19 Jan 2019
A vast ruined bath house, a fire-damaged poem and a world teetering on the brink of collapse. In t...