Cursed Histories

4:00 AM to 5:00 AM

Sunday 3 August

Timur's Tomb

Season 1 Episode 3 of 6

Timur was the last Central Asian conqueror to achieve great military successes as a leader of nomad warrior lords, ruling both agricultural and pastoral peoples on an imperial scale. A rumour abounds that the tomb of the Turco-Mongol conqueror is cursed such that whoever disturbs it will face a calamity

Cursed Histories airs on Sky History 2 at 4:00 AM, Sunday 3 August. (Subtitles.)

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