Around the World in 80 Treasures - Season 1 - Eps 1: Peru To Brazil
In Peru Dan visits Machu Picchu, the last Inca capital after the Spanish Conquista (colonisation); the Inca salt pans; the Nazca Lines, traced by a mysterious civilization on a huge scale in the Andean desert; the Spider necklace of Sipán at Lamayeque and Chan Chan mud city at Trujilo. He travels via Chile's Easter Island (visiting the moai statues, last witnesses to a completely destroyed islander culture) to Brazil, where he visits the Umhara Indian headdress at Cuiabà and the giant Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
About Around the World in 80 Treasures
Title: Around the World in 80 Treasures
First Air Date: 2005-02-21
Last Air Date: 2005-04-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 4/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 10
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Dan Cruickshank
Self - Presenter
