The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes
The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes

The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes

2019 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 7.1 Documentary

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Mouth

Bettany visits the Nile's mouth, before boarding a 'dahabiya' that will take her upstream. South of Cairo she explores s

EP 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 trav

EP 3

The Banks

Bettany visits the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor where, for 500 years, the Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaoh

EP 4

The Source

The historian reaches the southernmost stretches of the Egyptian Nile, though her 900-mile journey is not quite over as

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Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes
Self - Presenter