Ancient Megacities

Name: Ancient Megacities
Released: 2013-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Paul Bandey

TV Show · Documentary · History

Experts delve into the design process, important buildings and destruction of great ancient cities such as Carthage, Troy and Persepolis - which were built in strategic locations.

2013 · 52m

Starring Paul Bandey

Director Fabrice Buyschaert, Marion Vaque-Marti

EPISODE 2

Carthage: One City, Two Empires

The Phoenicians built Carthage, a grand city at Mediterranean trade crossroads, in the ninth century BC. After the Third Punic War, Rome took over, leaving Hadrian with the responsibility to ensure year-round water supply.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Persepolis: Delusion of Greatness

Uncovering mysteries and witnessing the tragic destruction of centuries of brilliance, opulence, and empire in a Middle East Garden of Eden.

44 min
EPISODE 4

Troy: Birth of a Myth

Exploring Troy's masterpiece of defensive architecture atop Turkey's Hissarlik hill rebuilt nine times. Secrets inspired by the Iliad explain its fall.

44 min