Episode 3: The Fall of the Pyramid Age

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The Great Pyramids stand as a testament to Egypt’s power, but by 2200 BCE, the Old Kingdom collapsed. What caused the fall of the Pyramid Age? This episode investigates the environmental disasters, political fragmentation, and possible plagues that triggered famine and societal collapse. As the Nile’s life-giving floods failed, Egypt descended into chaos, marking the end of one of the greatest eras in human history.

Every continent has its ruins - places where only stones tell the tale of fallen civilizations. They might lay buried under the Earth, in the shade of jungle canopy or hidden by a modern city…

Every continent has its share of ruins. Places where crumbling stones tell the stories of fallen civilisations, whether they are buried under the earth, hidden in the shade of the jungle, or in the…

In the third season of Ancient Apocalypse, we return to the question of the collapse of civilisations. On every continent, dusty ruins hold the secrets of once-great empires – and the reasons for…