Lista de episodios

Historian Paul M.M. Cooper examines the sudden arrival of advanced Roman civilization on the island of Great Britain in the first century BCE, how it endured for half a millennium against waves of barbarian invasions and its own inept rulers, and particularly what happened after its final dramatic collapse in the fifth century CE when Rome's mighty legions marched away, never to return.

Sometime around the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole civilizations off the map, and left only ash and ruin in its wake. This catastrophe, known as "The Late Bronze Age Collapse", has become one of the enduring puzzles of archaeology. Historian Paul M.M. Cooper explores how and why so many societies could collapse all at once, seemingly without warning, as well as examine the lessons it might teach us in our increasingly globalized and interconnected world.

In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.

One of the most unlikely tales of a society's fall is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. Series host Paul Cooper reveals how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of their world, and survived for centuries among some of the harshest conditions ever faced by man. He shows how this civilization was able to overcome the odds for so long, and examines the evidence about what happened to cause its final and mysterious collapse as revealed by Viking poetry, Inuit folktales and thousands upon thousands of walrus.

Deep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees.

On one of the world's most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the grass.

Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.

In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried.

Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered.

A city in ruins. A dynasty in tatters. An empire in ashes.

On the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth.

On the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth.

High up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud.

High up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud.

In the lowlands of Northern Iraq, a series of enormous cities lie crumbling in ruins.

On the rocky banks of South India's Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling.

In the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone.

In the lowlands of Burma lie the remains of thousands of crumbling temples.

The story of the rise and fall of the empire of Carthage.

Far in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon.

In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing.