Season 2
8 episodes
60 min. per episode
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A passionate historian unearths hidden treasures, revealing humanity's untold stories while confronting perilous secrets that could reshape history.
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Bettany visits Petra, Jerash, Madaba, the Jordan river, the Dead Sea, hilltop fortress Machaerus, Shobak Castle, and Karak.
Bettany starts with Aphrodite's Rock and the island's worship of the Goddess. She goes to the port city Kourion, the Troodos Mountain range, and finally the UN administered buffer zone in Nicosia, frozen in time.
Bettany visits Bodrum and discusses the ignored ancient Carians which gave us the word Mausoleum. Next, she talks about the Lycians. Finally, she visits Troy and Ephesus.
Bettany Hughes travels to Cappadocia by jeep and visits settlements carved into rocks. Then she makes her way to the 10,000-year-old temple and settlement of Göbeklitepe. In eastern Turkey, Bettany Hughes explores Sanliurfa, one of the Middle East's most important pilgrimage cities. Aboard a boat on the Euphrates, Bettany reaches Zeugma, an ancient Roman border town that has sunk into the river.
With unique access and state-of-the-art technology, Bettany lifts the lid on the most remarkable treasures of civilisation to investigate the story of humanity. She examines household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.