7 Wonders of the World with Bettany Hughes: The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Temple of Artemis
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The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Temple of Artemis
Season 1, Episode 3
Embarking on a journey along Turkey's western coast, Bettany explores the story behind the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of antiquity's greatest monuments, before using visual reconstructions to imagine the beauty of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and finding parallels with botanical gardens in Istanbul. She ends her quest in Ephesus at the Temple of Artemis, where she examines a striking statue of the goddess before stepping into the archaeological site
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Bettany Hughes
(Presenter)
David Lee
(Director)
Shula Subramaniam
(Series producer)
Nick Catliff
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Bettany Hughes
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Presenting documentaries on lost civilisations
Early-life:
Bettany, born in 1968, grew up in West London with her brother the cricketer Simon Hughes. Her parents were in the theatre: she learnt early the importance and delight of sharing thoughts and ideas with a wider public. Bettany won a scholarship to read Ancient and Modern History at Oxford University and then continued her post-graduate research while traveling through the Balkans and Asia Minor.
Career:
Hughes lectures throughout the world. She has been invited to universities in the US, Australia, Germany, Turkey and Holland to speak on subjects as diverse as Helen of Troy and the origins of female 'Sophia' to concepts of Time in the Islamic world. She considers her work in the lecture hall and seminar room amongst the most important, and rewarding she does. She has written and presented a number of documentaries for TV including When The Moors Ruled Europe, Helen of Troy and The Spartans for Channel 4. Her Ancient World series was a global smash.
Quote:
"Over thirty years ago I sat and watched a programme on British television about Tutankhamen. I still remember the frisson - the realisation that the stories I'd heard; of boy-kings dripping in gold; of hidden burial chambers and court intrigue could, sometimes, be true."
Trivia:
In 2014, Hughes was made a distinguished friend of the University of Oxford.
David Lee
(Director)
Shula Subramaniam
(Series producer)
Nick Catliff
(Executive producer)
