(Science/tech./history, 1×52 min.) The archeological site of Tell el-Hammam in Jordan is said to date back to the Bronze Age. The program follows the latest findings and how it might have been destroyed. Could there be parallels with how the city of Sodom burned, as described in the Old Testament?
Distributor: NHK Enterprises
Pitch Perfect: “The new piece from NHK’s science strand FRONTIERS is a mix of archeology and astrophysics, and a story of trying to solve how an urban center from 4,000 years ago could have been destroyed, possibly at temperatures people of that age could not possibly have created themselves.” —Akiko Nakano, Senior Manager, International Sales
