Alexander’s Lost World: July 27

SBS is currently screening history series Alexander’s Lost World on Sunday nights, a six part series by Australian Photojournalist, David Adams.

Part 2 airs this Sunday at 7:30pm on SBS ONE.

In the time of the ancient Greeks, the land of Bactria was one of the richest kingdoms in the Persian empire. For Alexander the Great, taking control of the mighty Bactrian capital was of major strategic importance in the fight against his Persian enemy. David Adams explores ruins in northern Afghanistan in search of the fabled metropolis once known as the ‘Mother of all Cities’.