Lost Cities of the Bible

Lost Cities of the Bible

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Lost Cities of the Bible

Synopsis

Ancient Iraq is the setting for some of the greatest stories of the Bible; Noah’s Ark, the birthplace of Abraham and the Tower of Babel. Our cameras have been granted rare access to follow pioneering archaeologists as they investigate Iraq’s lost cities and discover the world of the Old Testament. We follow teams rebuilding the wonders of Nineveh and Babylon, described in the Bible as cities of sin. Rare aerial footage reveals the majesty of Uruk in southern Iraq; and at Girsu, investigators uncover a mysterious set of ruins that could transform how we see the dawn of civilization itself.

Episodes

Season 1

  • Mystery of the Great Flood

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    6000 years ago, a people called the Sumerians built the worlds first cities in Southern Iraq, great metropolises like Uruk and Ur. The first westerners to explore these ruined cities were inspired by stories about them in the Bible but what was the world of Genesis really like?

  • Secrets of Nineveh and Babylon

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    Nineveh and Babylon were two superpowers of the ancient world but for the writers of the Bible they were the cities of sin. Why do they have such poor reputations in the Old Testament and what were these cities really like?