Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans

Channel 4

8:10 PM to 9:10 PM

Saturday 23 August

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The story of Nabataea, a forgotten global empire of the ancient world, that stretched from the deserts of Arabia to the far corners of the Mediterranean. In this first episode, Bettany's investigation begins in the ancient site of Hegra in Saudi Arabia. This once-thriving outpost is rich in recent discoveries, including the human remains of 70 people from the Nabataean period, buried in stunning rock-cut tombs