Ancient Treasures with Bettany Hughes

Bettany travels to Greece, an epic landscape and the birthplace of an astonishing culture that changed how the world thinks; Bettany also explores Athens, Nafplio and Sparta.

What secrets are hidden in the Queen's romantic hideaway on the beautiful island of Malta

Bettany visits the mysterious Vanguard Cave to see the world's first Neanderthal art, and comes face-to-face with a cheeky Barbary macaque monkey.

Bettany visits Gorham's Cave on Gibraltar, known for the mask of Medusa, and samples the Roman thermal baths on the Italian island of Ischia.

How did Europe's largest wooden building transform from a casino into an orphanage?

What hidden messages from the ancient world can be found in the deserts of Saudi Arabia?