(Channel 5) 'Luscious...' 'The life affirming value of great art' Pick of the Day & Pick of the Week, The Sunday Times 'Rhapsodic....

(BBC WORLD NEWS) Bettany Hughes travels to Jordan to visit a groundbreaking project transforming the lives of a community devastated by...

BBC World Who were the Scythians? Two and a half thousand years ago, a collection of nomadic tribes dominated territory from Europe to...

Travelling on her own traditional Dahabiya boat, Bettany journeys almost 1,000 miles from Cairo to the Aswan Dam on the mighty River Nile...

Buy now on DVD A new eight-part landmark history of ancient Rome. Across the series Bettany explores eight key days that she believes...

FORTHCOMING - Bettany reveals the pivotal moments and groundbreaking achievements of the ancient Egyptians as she explores one of the...

Bettany Hughes investigates the enduring relationship between warfare and worship, by following the trail through time of the ancient god...

In 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson attacked the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery in London. But why did this painting fire such...

Professor Bettany Hughes investigates the story of Bacchus, god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess, travelling to Georgia, Jordan,...

Bettany Hughes’ series ‘Genius of the Ancient World’ and ‘Genius of the Modern World’ originally broadcast on the BBC are now available...