MONDAY 04 SEPTEMBER
Documentary
Lost Cities of the Ancients
9:00pm - 10:00pm
BBC2 London & South East
VIDEO Plus+: 7365
Subtitles, widescreen
1/3 - The Vanished Capital of the Pharoah
Dramatised documentaries featuring legendary ruins and Panama-hatted archaeologists often prove popular - possibly by vague association with the world of Indiana Jones. Fans of the genre will enjoy this, the first of three trips into antiquity over the coming nights. The subject is the ancient Egyptian city of Piramesse, the Venice of its day and centre of "one of the most bizarre puzzles in the history of archaeology". Put simply: it moved.
TUESDAY 05 SEPTEMBER
Documentary
Lost Cities of the Ancients
9:00pm - 10:00pm
BBC2
VIDEO Plus+: 2563
Subtitles, widescreen
2/3 - The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids
Documentary series which unearths lost civilisations and reveals the wonder of some of the world's greatest lost cities. This edition takes a journey to the Lambeyeque valley in northern Peru to find the forgotten ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids, colossal structures made out of mud bricks.
WEDNESDAY 06 SEPTEMBER
Documentary
Lost Cities of the Ancients
9:00pm - 10:00pm
BBC2
VIDEO Plus+: 4693
Subtitles, widescreen
3/3 - The Dark Lords of Hattusha
Documentary series which unearths lost civilisations and reveals the wonders of some of the world's ancient cities. This is the story of the formidable Hittites and their long lost capital, Hattusha, which has recently been rediscovered. Buried in this lost city is one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world, and all the secrets of this mysterious civilisation were written in two codes - one a unique form of hieroglyphs with which we can recreate the lost world of the Hittites.