The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids
Documentary series which unearths lost civilisations and cities. This edition visits northern Peru to find the ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids.
In the Lambeyeque valley in northern Peru lies a strange lost world - the forgotten ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids, including some of the biggest on the planet, colossal 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 civilisation 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 civilisation 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.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Mark Halliley |
Writer | Aidan Laverty |
Director | Aidan Laverty |
Series Producer | Dan Clifton |
Broadcasts
- Wed 15 Nov 2006 03:4091热爆 One South, Wales & Scotland only
- Mon 7 Dec 2009 23:3091热爆 HD
- Thu 22 Mar 2012 20:00
- Fri 23 Mar 2012 01:25
- Sat 24 Mar 2012 19:00
- Sat 24 Mar 2012 23:20
- Tue 14 Aug 2012 23:00
- Thu 16 Aug 2012 23:20
- Tue 9 Oct 2012 20:00
- Tue 9 Oct 2012 23:40
- Tue 5 Nov 2013 20:00
- Wed 14 May 2014 20:00
- Thu 15 May 2014 01:15
- Mon 24 Nov 2014 20:00
- Sun 29 Mar 2015 21:00
- Tue 30 Jun 2015 20:00
- Wed 1 Jul 2015 00:55
- Wed 1 Jul 2015 22:55
- Sat 26 Feb 2022 19:00
- Sun 27 Feb 2022 02:15