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Season 1

6 episodes · 2020

  1. 1The Story of Cleopatra

    27 Apr 2020 · 44 min

    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.

  2. 2Riches of the Pharaohs

    27 Apr 2020 · 44 min

    Professor Bettany Hughes unearths the glittering, golden treasures of the pharaohs.

  3. 3The Deadliest Volcano

    04 May 2020 · 44 min

    Professor Bettany Hughes returns to explore the treasures of the iconic and tragic city of Pompeii.

  4. 4Uncovering Pompeii

    11 May 2020 · 44 min

    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.

  5. 5Egypt's Mummies

    18 May 2020 · 44 min

    Professor Bettany Hughes visits the temple walls that tell the story of Egypt’s final female pharaoh — Cleopatra.

  6. 6Unwrapping King Tutfinale

    25 May 2020 · 44 min

    Professor Bettany Hughes ventures to unearth the golden treasures of the pharaohs and the epic monuments they built for their spiritual afterlives.