Documentary series which unearths lost civilisations and reveals the wonder of some of the world’s greatest lost cities. 3 Episodes which are: 1-The Vanished Capital of the Pharoah, 2-The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids, 3-The Dark Lords of Hattusha

1-The Vanished Capital of the Pharoah,
This edition visits northern Peru to find the ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids. Hidden in the Lambeyeque valley in Northern Peru there lies a strange lost world – it is the forgotten ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids, which includes some of the biggest on the planet, gigantic structures made out of mud bricks. Long ago, the Lambeyeque people were haunted by a terrible fear and believed that building pyramids was essential to their survival. Their obsession reached its height at a city called Tucume, an eerie place of 26 pyramids standing side-by-side, the last pyramids this civilization created before they vanished forever. What was the fear that drove these people to build so many pyramids, what were they for, and why did the whole civilization suddenly vanish? This film captures the moments when archaeologists at the site uncovered a mass of bodies of human sacrifice victims, following a trail of clues into the dark story of Tucume. It recreates the strange rituals of the people of the valley, revealing a civilisation whose obsession to build pyramids eventually turned to horror, until Tucume finally vanished in a bloody frenzy of human sacrifice.

Watch: Lost Cities Of The Ancients – 1-The Vanished Capital of the Pharoah

2-The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids
This edition looks at the Egyptian city of Piramesse built by Ramesses the Great.

Watch: Lost Cities Of The Ancients – 2-The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids

3-The Dark Lords of Hattusha
More than 3,000 years ago a mysterious and ruthless civilization rose from nothing, created a brutal and unstoppable army and built an empire that rivalled Egypt and Babylon. Yet, just as it was at the height of its powers, the great empire suddenly vanished from history.

This is the story of the formidable Hittites, a civilisation bent on world domination. Their long-lost capital, Hattusha, which disappeared 1,000s years ago, was recently rediscovered, and archaeologists have unearthed one of the most astonishing and ingenious cities of the ancient world, featuring rings of impenetrable walls, secret tunnels, temples, palaces and a vast pyramid-like structure facing Egypt.

Buried in this lost city is one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world. All the secrets of the mysterious Hittite empire were written in two codes – one a unique form of hieroglyphs. Using these deciphered texts, this film recreates the ancient world of the Hittites, telling the story of what happened to them, and what caused an empire built to last forever to vanish so completely from history.

Watch: Lost Cities Of The Ancients – 3-The Dark Lords of Hattusha