Around the World in 80 Treasures(2005)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2005-02-21
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Cruickshank takes a five-month world tour visiting his choices of the eighty greatest man-made treasures, including buildings and artifacts. His tour takes him through 34 countries and 6 of the 7 continents. In addition to seeing some of the world's greatest treasures, Cruickshank tries many different kinds of food including testicle, brain, and insects. His means of transportation included airplanes, trains, camel, donkey, foot, bicycle, scooter, hang glider, and boats.
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Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Peru To Brazil
Air Date: 2005-02-21
In Peru Dan visits Machu Picchu, the last Inca capital after the Spanish Conquista (colonisation); the Inca salt pans...
E02
Mexico To America
Air Date: 2005-02-28
In Mexico, Dan Cruickshank visits the Mayan city of Paleque, the Toltecs' Giants of (Tollan) Tula and the painting 'M...
E03
Australia To Cambodia
Air Date: 2005-03-07
In Australia Dan visits St James' Church in Sydney and aboriginal Kakadu rock art. He continues through Indonesia, vi...
E04
Japan To China
Air Date: 2005-03-14
In Japan Dan admires the Katana samurai sword in Tokyo, Himeji Castle and Ryan-ji Zen Buddhist Garden at Kyoto before...
E05
India To Sri Lanka
Air Date: 2005-03-21
First Dan Cruickshank visits India: durga at Kolkata, the traded spices of the port-city Cochin, the Meenakshi temple...
E06
Uzbekistan To Syria
Air Date: 2005-03-28
In the Central-Asian (former Soviet) republic of Uzbekistan, Dan Cruickshank admires tiles of Samarkand and trading d...
E07
Jordan To Ethiopia
Air Date: 2005-04-04
In Jordan, Dan visits the rock-carved Nabataean capital Petra and the Madaba Map, then travels via the Jerusalem Temp...
E08
Mali To Egypt
Air Date: 2005-04-11
In The West-African land-locked Sahel country Mali, Dan visits the Great Mosque of Djenna and at Sanga the Dogon trib...
E09
Turkey To Germany
Air Date: 2005-04-15
In Turkey Dan visits the Derinkuyu underground city carved into the rocks in Cappadocia and the Hagia Sophia (former ...
E10
Bosnia To France And Home
Air Date: 2005-04-25
In this final episode, Dan returns home via Bosnia, where he visit the Ottoman (Turkish empire days) Stari most- brid...
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