Season 1
Episodes
1. The Story of Cleopatra
2020-04-27
Professor Bettany Hughes meets the Egyptologists solving a 3,000-year-old murder mystery and visits the temple walls that tell the story of Cleopatra.
2. Riches of the Pharaohs
2020-04-27
Professor Bettany Hughes unearths the glittering, golden treasures of the pharaohs.
3. The Deadliest Volcano
2020-05-04
Professor Bettany Hughes returns to explore the treasures of the iconic and tragic city of Pompeii.
4. Uncovering Pompeii
2020-05-11
Professor Bettany Hughes explores the iconic and tragic city of Pompeii — an entire Roman city, buried in disaster but preserved for the rest of time.
5. Egypt's Mummies
2020-05-18
Professor Bettany Hughes visits the temple walls that tell the story of Egypt’s final female pharaoh — Cleopatra.
6. Unwrapping King Tut
2020-05-25
Professor Bettany Hughes ventures to unearth the golden treasures of the pharaohs and the epic monuments they built for their spiritual afterlives.