Civilisations: Rise and Fall' is coming to BBC2 on Monday 24th November.
I am delighted that the Aztecs were chosen as part of this exciting series, and to be part of bringing the history of this important and often-misunderstood culture to life for a wide audience.
Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities at the University of Sheffield
According to the BBC “Each programme looks at the rise of a different great civilisation and explores the factors that led to its decline. From Ancient Rome to Cleopatra’s Egypt, via the samurai of Japan and the lost world of the Aztecs, audiences will discover rare and beautiful art and artefacts from each culture. All objects that feature in the series are in the British Museum thanks to behind-the-scenes access to spaces most visitors never see. These artefacts take us to very particular moments of civilisational transition, as societies confronted upheaval and endured radical change in a bid to safeguard their own futures.
Across four episodes, interviews with experts, key academics and curators are combined with bold drama-reconstructions to follow the clues in these treasures that explain why each culture fell from power, and whether these relics can help us understand the risks we face today.”