
The historian explores the land that inspired her passion for the past by embarking upon a 900-mile journey along the river Nile and examining how it shaped ancient Egypt.
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Air Date: 2019-06-14
Bettany visits the Nile's mouth, before boarding a 'dahabiya' that will take her upstream. South of Cairo she explore...
Air Date: 2019-06-21
A hundred miles south of Cairo a stretch of the Nile was once considered Egypt's main highway, used by Cleopatra to t...
Air Date: 2019-06-28
Bettany visits the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor where, for 500 years, the Ancient Egyptians buried their phar...
Air Date: 2019-07-05
The historian reaches the southernmost stretches of the Egyptian Nile, though her 900-mile journey is not quite over ...