Season 1
6 episodes · premiered Apr 27, 2020
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E1 The Story of Cleopatra
Professor Bettany Hughes meets the Egyptologists solving a 3,000-year-old murder mystery and visits the temple walls that tell the story of Cleopatra.
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E2 Riches of the Pharaohs
Professor Bettany Hughes unearths the glittering, golden treasures of the pharaohs.
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E3 The Deadliest Volcano
Professor Bettany Hughes returns to explore the treasures of the iconic and tragic city of Pompeii.
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E4 Uncovering Pompeii
Professor Bettany Hughes explores the iconic and tragic city of Pompeii — an entire Roman city, buried in disaster but preserved for the rest of time.
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E5 Egypt's Mummies
Professor Bettany Hughes visits the temple walls that tell the story of Egypt’s final female pharaoh — Cleopatra.
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E6 Unwrapping King Tut
Professor Bettany Hughes ventures to unearth the golden treasures of the pharaohs and the epic monuments they built for their spiritual afterlives.