Bettany Hughes💙
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Hello everyone! Big news, PLEASE spread the word! Starting Saturday 11th Feb
@Channel4
all new
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
- celebrating global wonders - please join me X
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Good morning all!
#Roman
#soldier
#discovery
- quite remarkable! Do please join me this Thurs 28th 9pm
@channel5_tv
to share incredible finds and new
#archaeology
#history
from
#Herculaneum
and
#Pompeii
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Morning REMARKABLE buried beach at
#Herculaneum
lost for close on 2000 yrs after eruption of
#Vesuvius
under metres of pumice and ash - this Thurs 9pm
@channel5_tv
we explore/celebrate/respect the lives of those who lived here and in
#Pompeii
#Roman
#history
#archaeology
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Exploring STUNNING underground Basilica Cistern in
#Istanbul
- drained of water - a once in a lifetime experience! Come with me this Sat 7pm
@Channel4
#TreasuresoftheWorld
#Turkey
#archaeology
#history
#art
#adventure
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THANK YOU to all for watching
#AGreekOdyssey
@channel5_tv
the more viewers the more
#history
films we can make enjoy
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#VenusAndAphroditeABiographyOfDesire
out t’day! A1
@BasicBooks
asked me to post this
#Venus
riff (enjoy odd shower!)
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Thks so much for lovely messages re last nights
#SilkRoads
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
- all now on
#All4
@Channel4
- thanks so v much to our amazing team, enjoy, live and love well, and Happy Easter! X
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Thank you SO very much everyone for enjoying
#Treasures
of the
#World
(peaked as most watched show on
@Channel4
🎉) + for all your lovely messages - catch up here if you missed any - and yes! We are filming more 🎉🎉
@SandstoneGlobal
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The irony! (…gd Anc Greek word) - with
@kmitsotakis
@VicHislop
@GreeceinUK
- celebrating
#PhilHellenism
just moments before
@RishiSunak
cancelled diplomatic meeting. What a failure of xenia !
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Good morning all! Holding fresh
#frankincense
( that’s an incense tree behind me) and wishing everyone love and luck and peace for your times at home and for all your journeys and adventures ahead. XX
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Good morning! Thank you all again for such lovely messages and reviews
#Pompeii
#SecretsoftheDead
is now on
@My5_tv
- do pls RT/catch up. The more who watch, the more likely we will be asked to make more!
#history
#archaeology
#Rome
#Herculaneum
@channel5_tv
x
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Good morning! Can you tell how chuffed I am to see
@Dauntbooks
gorgeous display of my
#SevenWonders
book! Thank you booksellers! ❤️
#books
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Thank you so very much everyone! Your appreciation genuinely helps us make more! Next Sat I’m in new corners of
#Petra
on
#DeadSea
in
#Roman
cities and
#mediaeval
#castles
#Jordan
- 7pm come!
@Channel4
#Treasures
#archaeology
#history
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One of the highlights of my life…being given access INSIDE the Treasury at
#Petra
#Jordan
! Explore with me this Saturday 7pm
@Channel4
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
#history
#archaeology
#travel
enjoy & share! x
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Morning everyone - a huge thank you for your wonderful condolences about our darling Mum. Yes it felt respectful and right to say goodbye to her in
#India
at
#Varanasi
.She wld have loved these
#ExploringIndia
films and the love you’re pouring out for her ❤️🙏
@theanalyst
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My phone has just told me this is what I was doing one year ago today...how about you?!
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…and thank you too
@theAliceRoberts
- together everyone is stronger! X
"Nobody wants to be lectured at by a woman!" is what British historian
@bettanyhughes
was told in the late 1990s.
Watch the full episode:
#TheInnerView
#history
#bettanyhughes
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Hello! Me and my
#ancient
lion friend want to say a huge thanks to the many thousands of you who watched
#Treasures
on
#Channel4
(coming to
#US
v soon!) if you missed any episodes you can catch them all here ❤️
#history
#archaeology
Enjoy!
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Good morning! That’s
#Vesuvius
behind me. Thurs night 9pm
@channel5_tv
we follow the amazing sea rescue attempt by
#Roman
#soldiers
trying to save victims of the
#eruption
and reveal secrets of
#Pompeii
#Herculaneum
#Naples
- please do spread the word and join me
#history
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Hello! Please do share/RT - tonight 7pm
@Channel4
all new
#Treasures
for the next 8 weeks! Please watch live if you can! Tonight we explore
#Petra
in
#Jordan
and the story of
#ancient
Arabia X
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These are staggeringly beautiful. I visited them last year - just mind-blowing. You can see the results from next week
@BBCWorld
- I’ll share details soon - enjoy.
#archaeology
#history
#discovery
@SandstoneGlobal
Archeologists unearth 2200-year-old mosaics in an ancient Greek city named Zeugma in Gaziantep Province, Türkiye.
Three new mosaics have been discovered, dated 2nd Century BC, but incredibly well-preserved and look as beautiful and stunning as the first day.
Zeugma House of
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Arriving in
#Istanbul
- one of the greatest cities on earth 😀. Need to film in a pretty, traditional cafe tomorrow afternoon near Uskudar - any ideas lovely people? X
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Good morning! Over the last decade I’ve been exploring the
#archaeology
of the
#SevenWonders
will share behind-the-scenes here. Enjoy! New book out on 18th January -
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Thks!
#learning
from
#ancient
lives
#Tutankhamun
#Hatshepsut
#Rameses
#Seti
#Akhenaten
et al. 9pm
@channel5_tv
#Egypt
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Good morning all! I am just back from
#SilkRoads
#archaeology
#history
adventures. We share some
@BBCWorld
this weekend - and
@Channel4
soon - enjoy!
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Hello all! Before too many of you leave
#Twitter
I have three vital things to share…watch this space X
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Hello - just been told
@channel5_tv
are repeating our
#Nile
adventure in 15 mins if you fancy an
#Egypt
afternoon x
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Is anyone else extremely excited to see the
#GladiatorII
trailer being released?
#ancient
#world
#film
#Roman
#gladiator
#Pompeii
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Hello everyone! So I can now share the news of our very latest film in
#Pompeii
and
#Herculaneum
. Through
#lockdown
we were given access to some remarkable new finds, and can now honour those whose lives were devastated by
#Vesuvius
- join us Thurs 28th 9pm
@channel5_tv
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Join me now
@Channel4
-
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
- how happy am I to be holding a freshly dug 4000 yr old pottery from
#Troy
! X
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Good morning! 🙏 🙏 the many who enjoyed
#Treasures
of
#Albania
and the
#Adriatic
on Saturday - still available online
@channel4
- next week
#Estonia
! X
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Good morning! 🎉 It’s
#SevenWonders
#book
publication day! Thank you to everyone who made this possible - and to wonder-makers past, present and future! X
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Good morning! If you want a respite from
#storms
here in the
#UK
why not come for a ride along the
#SilkRoads
to seek out
#Treasures
of
#nature
#history
#archaeology
#art
- catch up
#All4
@Channel4
now X
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…and I’m talking
#Ottoman
women
#Istanbul
with brilliant
@tweeter_anita
and
@DalrympleWill
@EmpirePodUK
- released today
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Hello all!! It’s coming - the brilliant
#archaeology
#history
of
#Istanbul
in 2 minutes
@Channel4
#TreasuresoftheWorld
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…such an honour to hold this beautiful ring, over 1000 yrs old recently found in fascinating site in
#Albania
- v interesting
#eagle
emblem -
#Treasures
tonight! Do come along 19.30pm
@Channel4
#history
#archaeology
#travel
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Morning! This Sat 7pm in final episode of
#Treasures
I get some incredible access behind the scenes at
#archaeology
digs of home of
#AlexanderTheGreat
in
#Greece
@Channel4
coming soon to
#US
and around the
#world
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Thank you so very much everyone who watched
#Treasures
of
#Bulgaria
last night, and for your really lovely comments! You can catch up on the whole series so far here
#history
#archaeology
#art
#myth
#travel
#love
all matter 🥰 Happy
#Sunday
! X
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Very lucky to witness the discovery of remarkable 5000 yr old petroglyphs in
#Azerbaijan
18.30
@BBCWorld
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Please do join me to explore the absolutely stunning
#Treasures
of
#Turkey
tomorrow on
@Channel4
at 5.30pm.
#history
#archaeology
#culture
#love
. We are dedicating this film to those in the region so desperately affected by the devastating earthquakes
@decappeal
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One of the most exciting moments of my life. Exploring a freshly discovered tomb built by Mausolus also responsible for
#Mausoleum
of
#Halicarnassus
one of
#SevenWonders
of the
#ancient
world in
#Turkey
#Turkiye
#archaeology
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I’m no
#king
but I can offer some
#frankincense
fresh from
#Oman
- coming to a screen near you soon X
#ThreeWiseMen
#Epiphany
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Good morning! New series! Come to join us for some amazing new
#archaeology
#history
#treasures
this Saturday 7pm
@Channel4
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
- pls spread the word! Ep 1
#Albania
#Adriatic
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Morning! ❤️
@stephenfry
and I met to talk about
#love
from 10 000 yrs ago to now via
#Venus
#Aphrodite
#Myth
#TeawithB
@YouTube
@googlearts
@SandstoneGlobal
❤️
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Thank you! 🥰 I promise we will do more…!
Goodbye!
@bettanyhughes
What a fantastic journey of discovery it’s been.Such passion.Let’s do it again soon.
@Channel4
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Hello! Thank you for all your v kind words ref
#Treasures
of
#Bulgaria
- yes thrilling new
#ancient
#archaeology
to share - do join me at 6.50pm
@Channel4
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Hello
#London
! Sitting at
#OscarWilde
‘s desk to sign
#SevenWonders
@Hatchards
🥰
@WaterstonesPicc
#7Wonders
talk sold out tonight but I will be there signing too! X
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Good morning! 🤗 Here’s
#Turkey
#T
ürkiye - travelled pre-earthquake, friends and colleagues in the region asked us to share our
#Treasures
film as a reminder of how BEAUTIFUL this part of the world is and will be again
@decappeal
@Channel4
18 Mar
#history
#culture
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Thank you so much everyone - so delighted you loved
#Oman
- ( dolphins, camels AND the discovery of tombs of
#frankincense
traders!) if you missed it you can catch up now
#All4
@Channel4
- enjoy X
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#Pompeii
news! Just heard our latest exploration of the tragedy and treasures of
#Pompeii
is out June 4
@channel5_tv
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Morning! INCREDIBLE 900 yr-old escape tunnels inside mountain near
#T
ürkiye border never filmed before! 7pm
@Channel4
#Treasures
of
#Georgia
- pls do join me and spread the word! X
@DrJaninaRamirez
@theAliceRoberts
#archaeology
#history
#travel
#GameOfThrones
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Good morning
#US
and
#Canada
THRILLED to announce my
#SevenWonders
of the
#ancient
world is published today 🎉🎉🎉 I travelled through
#Egypt
#Turkey
#Greece
#MiddleEast
to write the
#book
- enjoy!!!! X
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Good morning! Just a reminder that our
#Treasures
of
#Turkey
revealing INCREDIBLE newly uncovered
#Roman
era homes
#mosaics
in
#T
ürkiye is now
#All4
- enjoy!
#history
#archaeology
X
@decappeal
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Join me on the
#Adriatic
for
#treasures
of
#Albania
tonight in one hour
@Channel4
7pm
@SandstoneGlobal
if you fancy escaping
#StormKathleen
and finding
#history
#archaeology
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THANK YOU amazing team, researchers, scholars, crew and eye-watering talent who made
#Pompeii
possible tonight. Thank you, thank you. We filmed through
#lockdown
- you are remarkable!
@channel_5tv
9pm sharing
#history
#ancient
lives
#archaeology
@seis_matters
@pompei79
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Ok…now is the time to be v unpopular in your household, grab the remote, turn over from
#SixNations2023
#rugby
to
@Channel4
and explore
#Turkey
#T
ürkiye in
#Treasures
in 1 minute
#history
#archaeology
#travel
@decappeal
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Searching for
#art
#archaeology
of
#Helen
#Aphrodite
#Venus
found these beauties in
#Pompeii
- paint still on the figurine! Enjoy all this in the
#Venus
and
#Helen
books/audiobooks for Xmas if you fancy 😊
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Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow 7pm
@Channel4
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
in
#Oman
- we’re saving some of the best
#treasures
‘til last!! Amazing
#desert
#archaeology
#history
#travel
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THANK YOU SO very much everyone.
#Treasures
is back next Saturday
@Channel4
- I promise more
#archaeology
#adventure
#history
#travel
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Just to say the most ENORMOUS thank you to all my hosts and friends in
#India
who made this possible
#ExploringIndia
’s
#treasures
right now
@Channel4
❤️ 1/1
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Hello lovely people! Do come to join me to explore the brilliant
#Treasures
of
#Albania
this Saturday 7.30pm
@Channel4
- with FASCINATING new
#archaeology
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Morning all! Please spread word, we want many to watch!
#GreekOdyssey
Fri 9pm explore
#Sparta
#Mycenae
#Pylos
#Myth
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Thanks all!
#Jordan
decodes so many
#myths
of
#ancient
and
#mediaeval
#history
- come along TONIGHT 7pm
@channel4
- do share!
@neilhimself
@theAliceRoberts
@ProfBrianCox
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90-yr Ma, first vaccine in makeshift centre INCREDIBLY grateful. Thks
#science
#NHS
@NHSMillion
heroic
#volunteers
❤️
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Good morning! Come to join me and the crew for
#adventure
in
#Albania
this Sat 19.30pm
#Treasures
@Channel4
#archaeology
#history
#art
#travel
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It’s pretty grim today in the
#UK
. I can offer some sun and some lovely new
#archaeology
discoveries in
#Troy
and beyond for free in
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
#Turkey
now
#All4
catch up
@Channel4
- do enjoy! 😊
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Morning! The beautiful
#ancient
site at
#Apollonia
in
#Albania
- witness to the machinations of
#Octavian
while deciding to become first
#Emperor
of
#Rome
- all this and more in
#Treasures
Sat 7pm
@Channel4
- enjoy! X
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…someone just asked me for a book to read on
#Istanbul
as
@ManCity
are there…dare I suggest this?! 😉
#Audiobook
too 😊😉 Enjoy! xx
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This is an absolutely INCREDIBLE place - only 1% excavated and already vital and beautiful discoveries…7000 years older than the Great Pyramid in
#Egypt
!!! 6.50pm
@Channel4
Sat 18th
#archaeology
#history
@decappeal
Join
@bettanyhughes
this Saturday to experience rare access to Karahan Tepe – the recently unearthed, 11,400-year-old
#Neolithic
site where the discoveries are rewriting
#history
. This Saturday at 6.50pm on
@Channel4
#TreasuresoftheWorld
@decappeal
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Morning! Come to explore how
#Venice
is a city of
#East
and
#West
#ParistoRome
@channel5_tv
Friday 9pm x
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Morning! If you missed
#Treasures
of
#Albania
last night
@Channel4
fear not! It’s now on
#All4
catch up…if you want some sun, beauty and new
#archaeology
on this grey day
#history
#travel
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Thank you to everyone
@UN
for helping us to travel safely through the
#buffer
zone in
#Cyprus
- a place freighted with histories and sorrow we can/must never forget - a location now trapped in time
@Channel4
Sat 7pm
#TreasuresOfTheWorld
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Some of the staggering finds in a female warrior grave in the
#Caucasus
- cld this be an origin of the
#Amazon
#myth
? Join me for
#Treasures
of the
#SilkRoads
this Saturday 7pm
@Channel4
to decide! X
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Love for 2021 ❤️ ! Thks
@vizcomic
@DrJaninaRamirez
@wmarybeard
@Lucy_Worsley
for best pressie - for
@NHSCharities
🥰
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Coming up 7pm
@Channel4
#Treasures
of the
#SilkRoads
I promise you
#adventure
#history
#archaeology
#myth
#Amazons
#Romans
#poetry
all inspiration for
#music
#film
#art
#TV
- enjoy and if you do pls share!
@EricClapton
@RealLucyLawless
@wmarybeard
#WonderWoman
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