Professor Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a journey of discovery as she investigates 10 of the greatest and most intriguing Egyptian mummies - and the secrets that lie beneath the bandages. Having remained in their tombs for thousands of years, wrapped, embalmed and buried with treasure, each mummy tells the story of the criminals, priests, children and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
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Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out o...
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An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, rememb...
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Today we cut the granite with diamond-cut blade as is one of the most difficult rocks to cut due to ...
Jacob chooses his beloved son Joseph as his successor. Joseph's 11 other brothers get jealous and th...