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Rome's Desert Cities
Archaeologists excavate a buried city in Jordan, dive to a sunken temple in Italy, and explore Petra to shed new light on how Rome conquered the east.
Writing:
- Julian Barratt
Release Date:
Fri, May 27, 2022
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 44
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 44
Season 2:
To understand who the gladiators were and to discover the secret of their appeal, archaeologists scale the façade of Rome's famous Colosseum, decipher warrior tombstones and unearth an extraordinary lost amphitheatre in Turkey.
In 79 AD, the eruption of a nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, buried Pompeii in millions of tonnes of ash and debris. Now, archaeologists are working to uncover the dark side of this idyllic Roman city by finding the room of an enslaved person.
Archaeologists reveal the stunning new discovery of a Nero megastructure.
New discoveries uncover how the Romans ruled the seas for four centuries.
Archaeologists excavate a buried city in Jordan, dive to a sunken temple in Italy, and explore Petra to shed new light on how Rome conquered the east.
Archaeologists are excavating the vast frontier of the Roman Empire, investigating the battle to keep it safe.
