The Nile

Ancient Egypt, the world's first great civilization, was built on the promise of the Nile's yearly flood, which transformed the desert and created a fertile paradise. See the Nile through the eyes of Ancient Egyptians to understand their mythical, supernatural world.

How was the Nile able to provide the miracle flood waters of Ancient Egypt? The mystery is unravelled in an epic journey, far upstream, to the swamps of the Sudan and the breathtaking mountains of Ethiopia to unveil the Nile's long-held secrets.

Journey with Stanley, Livingstone and other legendary 19th Century explorers, as they brave "malaria, marshes, mosquitoes and misery" in their quest to find the source of the Nile.