The Nile: 5000 Years of History
Historian Bettany Hughes sets off on an adventure up the Nile to take in the famous pyramids, great temples and new discoveries which show that without the Nile, there would have been no Ancient Egypt.
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Historian Bettany Hughes sets off on an adventure up the Nile to take in the famous pyramids, great temples and new discoveries which show that without the Nile, there would have been no Ancient Egypt.
Bettany visits Egypt's gateway to the world - the Nile's mouth - before boarding a traditional Egyptian boat to see how...
Bettany explores a stretch of the Nile that few visitors ever get to see. She learns about the process of mummification...
Bettany arrives in Luxor - the world's greatest open-air museum. For 500 years, this was where the ancient Egyptians...
Bettany joins archaeologists at the temple of the crocodile god as they uncover a giant stone message board in the...