Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

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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Status	Ended
Original Name	Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts
First Air Date	March 14, 2022
Last Air Date	April 11, 2022
Seasons	1
Episodes	5
Episode Runtime	44min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Krempelwood Future Studios
Networks	Sky History

S01E05

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?

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