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Treasures with Bettany Hughes

Boasting unique access and state-of-the-art technology, host and historian Bettany Hughes investigates the most remarkable treasures of civilization that reveal the story of humanity. TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES is armchair traveling at its most vivid and memorable, championing what ordinary people throughout time have achieved through the sheer force of will, inspiration, and collaboration.

Treasures with Bettany Hughes  
  • Treasures of the Mediterranean Islands
    Tuesday, December 24
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The Mediterranean Sea, the lifeblood of civilizations across millennia, has been known by many names. This one body of water has experienced more interaction throughout history than any other on the planet.
  • Treasures of Istanbul
    Tuesday, December 31
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this fascinating ancient hub of the Ottoman and Byzantine empires, Bettany is allowed access to digs at Besiktas Metro Station, where a multi-layered Iron Age burial site has been discovered. A coin of Emperor Justinian (the husband of Bettany's all-time history heroine Theodora) emerges from the Earth. This dig will finally reveal the identity of Istanbul's original inhabitants.
  • Treasures of Arabia
    Tuesday, January 7
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The magical landscape of the Arabian Peninsula, featuring stunning weathered rocks and deep desert sands, was once the frontier of mighty empires. Bettany discovers messages from the past all around her, from rock etchings from ancient inhabitants to other markings that lead to the present day.

 

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  • Treasures of Gibraltar
    Tuesday, December 17
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    There are few places on Earth with as much of an outsize influence on world history as the small British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The peninsula may just be 2.5 square miles, but this iconic rock has loomed large in the human imagination since prehistory.
  • Treasures of Malta
    Tuesday, December 10
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this episode, Bettany discovers Malta as a cultural hub laden with some of the world's most precious treasures, where civilizations from East, West, North, and South have met and combined.
  • Treasures of Greece
    Tuesday, December 3
    2:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Greece is the birthplace of an astonishing culture that changed the way the world thinks. Bettany starts her journey in Athens, the crowning achievement of ancient Greek civilization and a symbol of intellect and democracy the world over.