Cursed Histories

5:05 AM to 6:00 AM

Tuesday 31 December

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 at 5:05 AM, Tuesday 31 December. (Subtitles.)

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