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An intriguing history of predictions for the end of the world. Both the Mayans and the ancient Egyptians prophesied that it will end on 21st December 2012, but this also looks at a range of both religious and secular harbingers of doom and destruction.
Synopsis
Apocalypse covers each and every one of our prophesized dooms: featuring asteroids, Antichrists, solar flares, Singularities, Utopias, UFOs, Zoroastrians and Zapotecs, to mention but a small few.