Ancient Egypt by Train

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Station:
BBC America (US)

Status:
Ended

Start:
2023-02-12

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Professor Alice Roberts uses Egypt's rail network, one of the world's oldest rail networks, to explore one of the world's most ancient civilisations.

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S1E2 - Cairo

Alice arrives in Cairo by train with a book she first read as a youth: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. Alice follows Edwards' footsteps to the Great Pyramids.

Air Date: 19 Feb 2023 11:00 (CDT)

S1E3 - Luxor

Alice takes the train to Luxor to see Tutankhamun's tomb and his mummified body in the Valley of the Kings. She also takes a walk along the Avenue of the Sphinxes.

Air Date: 05 Mar 2023 11:00 (CDT)

S1E4 - Aswan

Alice ends her adventure in Aswan, whose quarries provided the granite for the country's vast collection of Ancient Egyptian monuments. She then takes a boat to see the extraordinary Philae Temple.

Air Date: 12 Mar 2023 11:00 (CDT)