In this fascinating ancient hub of the Ottoman and Byzantine empires, Bettany is allowed access to digs at Besiktas Metro Station, where a multi-layered Iron Age burial site has been discovered. A coin of Emperor Justinian (the husband of Bettany's all-time history heroine Theodora) emerges from the Earth. This dig will finally reveal the identity of Istanbul's original inhabitants.
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 53 seconds
Episode Number: 105
Tue, Jul 16 | 4:00 P.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Wed, Jul 17 | 4:00 A.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NHPBS (11.1) |
Wed, Jul 17 | 4:00 A.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Sun, Jul 21 | 1:00 P.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Boasting unique access and state-of-the-art technology, host and historian Bettany Hughes investigates the most remarkable treasures of civilization that reveal the story of humanity.
TREASURES WITH BETTANY HUGHES is armchair traveling at its most vivid and memorable, championing what ordinary people throughout time have achieved through the sheer force of will, inspiration, and collaboration.
Tue, Jul 16 | 4:00 P.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Wed, Jul 17 | 4:00 A.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NHPBS (11.1) |
Wed, Jul 17 | 4:00 A.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Sun, Jul 21 | 1:00 P.M. | Treasures of Istanbul NH Explore (11.2) |
Sun, Jul 21 | 4:00 P.M. | Treasures of Arabia NHPBS (11.1) |
Tue, Jul 23 | 4:00 P.M. | Treasures of Arabia NH Explore (11.2) |
Wed, Jul 24 | 4:00 A.M. | Treasures of Arabia NH Explore (11.2) |
Sun, Jul 28 | 1:00 P.M. | Treasures of Arabia NH Explore (11.2) |
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