The Nile: 5,000 Years of History

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  • Channel 5
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  • Documentary History

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The Mouth
Episode overview
Bettany visits Egypt’s gateway to the world, the Nile’s mouth, before boarding her fabulous ‘dahabiya’ and meeting the crew that will guide her upriver the entire length of Egypt. .. show full overview
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The Banks
Episode overview
A hundred miles south of Cairo a stretch of the Nile was once considered Egypt's main highway, used by Cleopatra to travel the country. More than 2,000 years after her, Bettany visits a .. show full overview
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The River
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Bettany visits the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor where, for 500 years, the Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, among them the boy-king Tutankhamun. .. show full overview
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The Source
Episode overview
The historian reaches the southernmost stretches of the Egyptian Nile, though her 900-mile journey is not quite over as she joins archaeologists as they extract a giant stone message .. show full overview

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