Season 1

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  N/A/100 votes

  Death on the Nile

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2001

  The World's first great civilization, Egypt's Old Kingdom lasted for 1,000 years before coming to an abrupt end. Here Professor Fekri Hassan uses archaeological and geological finds to back up his theory that a climatic catastrophe, rather than political conflict, was to blame.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Mystery of the Minoans

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2001

  Three and a half thousand years ago, the Minoan civilisation, situated on the Mediterranean island of Crete, was wiped out. The culprit was one of the biggest volcanoes since the Ice Age on the nearby island of Thira.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  The Maya Collapse

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2001

  This program unravels the causes of the disappearance of the Maya civilization, in Central America and southern Mexico. Millions died and great cities were abandoned to the jungle.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Sodom and Gomorrah

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2001

  In this edition - did the Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah really exist, and was the wrath of God believed to have destroyed them really an earthquake that triggered a landslide capable of sweeping away entire cities?

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown