For 5000 years, Egypt has been shaped by one thing more than any other: the River Nile. For historian Bettany Hughes, this is the journey of a lifetime, as she sets off on a 900 mile adventure up the Nile, from its mouth to Egypt’s southern border. With the use of a timeless Nile cruise boat, Bettany travels the country and sees it as the ancient Egyptians once did, from the great river.

For 5000 years, Egypt has been shaped by one thing more than any other: the River Nile. For historian Bettany Hughes, this is the journey of a lifetime, as she sets off on a 900 mile adventure up the Nile, from its mouth to Egypt’s southern border. With the use of a timeless Nile cruise boat, Bettany travels the country and sees it as the ancient Egyptians once did, from the great river.