Egypt

"Egypt"

Sacred Sites

S2, EP5 "Egyptian Priestesses"

New evidence found in Egyptian sacred sites is revealing secrets about a forgotten succession of powerful female priests.

Sacred Sites

S3, EP1 "Temples of Priestesses"

New discoveries reveal the astonishing role of women in the ancient world; from goddesses to matriarchies to witch trials.

Secrets

S3, EP4 "Egypt's Lost City"

The search for the ancient Egyptian city Pi-Ramesses, which mysteriously vanished 3,000 years ago.

Secrets

S7, EP1 "Cleopatra's Lost City"

The Sphinx, the Shroud of Turin, El Dorado, and other ancient mysteries.

Secrets

S6, EP5 "Egypt's Apocalypse Volcano"

A massive volcanic eruption in 44 B.C. may have hastened the end of the ancient Egyptian empire.

Tomb Hunters

S1, EP1 "Secrets of the Mega-Tomb"

Egyptian archaeologists discover a vast burial chamber filled with over a hundred coffins.

Legends of the Pharaohs

S1, EP1 "Egypt's First Pyramid"

The story of the construction of ancient Egypt's first pyramid, built 4,700 years ago to help the Pharaoh Djoser achieve immortality.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP3 "Crossing the Rubicon"

Bettany Hughes revisits the iconic moment when Julius Caesar led his army across the River Rubicon, ignoring the orders of the Roman Senate and effectively declaring war on his rivals in Rome; Hughes analyzes Caesar's character and health.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP4 "Rome's First Emperor"

Bettany Hughes tells the story of Octavian's rise to power by looking at the day he stole the will of political rival Marc Antony; evidence of Antony's devotion to Cleopatra undermines Antony's popularity and paves Octavian's path to power.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP5 "Boudica's Revenge"

Bettany Hughes turns her focus to the day when Roman troops invaded Boudica's settlement in East Anglia, provoking the disgraced Iceni queen into a revolution that threatened the Roman occupation of Britannia.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP6 "The Downfall of Nero"

Nero takes his own life as troops come to arrest him for crimes against the state; Bettany Hughes reveals how Nero's early reign was dominated by his mother, Agrippina, while exploring a new theory that his mood was undermined by a serious illness.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP7 "Theatre of Death"

Bettany Hughes relives opening day at Rome's Colosseum in 80 AD; the lavish arena is a giant new landmark for the world's greatest city where people can revel in bloodthirsty entertainments.

8 Days That Made Rome

S1, EP8 "The Rebirth of Rome"

Bettany Hughes looks at the day which marked Rome's symbolic break with its 1,000-year pagan past, the moment in 337 AD when Emperor Constantine the Great was baptized as a Christian; Hughes shows monuments combining Christian and pagan imagery.

Combat Ships

S1, EP8 "The Smallest Ships"

A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.

Combat Ships

S1, EP10 "Secrets and Lies"

A look at how the art of deception was used by naval forces in the first half of the 20th century; in 1939, the German raider Atlantis is equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing prams to fool Allied merchant ships.

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