PBS: Ancient Apocalypse III: UK PREMIERE Starts Tuesday 5 May at 7.25pm

History is full of advanced civilisations that achieved unimaginable greatness, only to fall into chaos and ruin. Season 3 of Ancient Apocalypse explores the dramatic downfalls of three of the world’s most powerful empires.

Through expert analysis, groundbreaking archaeological discoveries and fascinating historical documents, the series reveals how war, disease, climate change and political strife led ultimately to the destruction of the Roman Empire, the Carthaginian Empire and Egypt’s Pyramid Age.

From fractured leadership to brutal conflict, plague and the struggle against nature, each of the three episodes examines the disasters that reshaped history and revealed the fragile nature of even the most powerful societies.