The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes - Season 1 - Eps 2: The River
A hundred miles south of Cairo a stretch of the Nile was once considered Egypt's main highway, used by Cleopatra to travel the country. More than 2,000 years after her, Bettany visits a vast desert catacomb where tens of thousands of mummified animals were once left as an offering. Further upstream, there is a chance to swim in the Nile, and look inside the tombs where Tutankhamen's discoverer, Howard Carter, first got hooked on Egypt. Bettany explores the longest tomb yet found, before heading to the Dendera temple, where Cleopatra herself may have once wowed her lover Julius Caesar.
About The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes
Title: The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes
First Air Date: 2019-06-14
Last Air Date: 2019-07-05
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: 5
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: 360 Production
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Bettany Hughes
Self - Presenter
