Around the World in 80 Treasures

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Around the World in 80 Treasures
Dan Cruickshank
Genre	Documentary
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer(s)	BBC
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC TWO
Original run	February 2005 – April 2005

Around the World in 80 Treasures is a 10 episode series by the BBC and presented by Dan Cruickshank originally aired in February, March, and April 2005. The title is a reference to Around the World in Eighty Days, the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne.

In this series, Cruickshank takes a five month world tour visiting his choices of the eighty greatest man-made treasures, including buildings and artifacts. His tour takes him through 34 countries and 6 of the 7 continents (he does not visit Antarctica).

In addition to seeing some of the world's greatest treasures, Cruickshank tries many different kinds of food including testicle, brain, and insects. His means of transportation included airplanes, trains, camel, donkey, foot, bicycle, scooter, hang glider, and boats.

Cruickshank's fondness of architecture is self-evident, with many of his chosen treasures being buildings or other man-made structures.

1 Episode 1: Peru to Brazil
2 Episode 2: Mexico to Central North America
3 Episode 3: Australia to Cambodia
4 Episode 4: Japan to China
5 Episode 5: India to Sri Lanka
6 Episode 6: Uzbekistan to Syria
7 Episode 7: Jordan to Ethiopia
8 Episode 8: Mali to Egypt
9 Episode 9: Turkey to Germany
10 Episode 10: Bosnia to France and Home
11 External links

[edit] Episode 1: Peru to Brazil

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
1	Andes, Peru	Machu Picchu		Widely recognized mountain city of the Inca Empire discovered in 1911.
2	Andes, Peru	Incan salt pans	N/A	The Incans used giant pools on the side of the Andes to evaporate water from brine to leave salt.
3	Nazca, Peru	Nazca Lines		Over 300 immense dirt drawings and lines preserved since 3^rd to 6^th century BC by the extreme arid environment.
4	Lambayeque, Peru	Spider necklace of Sipán	N/A	A necklace made up of 10 gold objects of the Spider God.
5	Trujillo, Peru	Chan Chan		The world's largest mud city estimated to be home of 30,000 people and covers 20 square kilometres.
6	Easter Island	The Moai		Large (sometimes monolithic) stones carved as heads (some with arms and shoulders) believed to have been created by Polynesians over 1000 years ago.
7	Cuiabá, Brazil	Umahara headdress	N/A	Very colorful headdresses made of human hair and parrot feathers (red, yellow, blue).
8	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Christ the Redeemer		A 38 meter tall statue of Christ and is the tallest Art Deco statue in the world.

[edit] Episode 2: Mexico to Central North America

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
9	Southern Mexico	Palenque		Mayan city showcasing some of their finest architecture, sculpture, and stucco reliefs.
10	Tollan Tula, Mexico	The Giants of Tula		10^th century stone sculptures/columns of Toltec warriors dressed in feathers and gods.
11	Mexico City, Mexico	Man, Controller of the Universe		Painting by Diego Rivera commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller embodying the struggle between capitalism and communism. A recreation of the destroyed original Man at the Crossroads.
12	Cortez, Colorado	1851 Navy Colt revolver	N/A	Mass-produced six-shot handgun used in the American Civil War and subsequently used in fulfilling the Manifest Destiny.
13	Colorado	Mesa Verde National Park		A small community built under a rock shelf by a mysterious people.
14	Charlottesville, Virginia	Monticello		Home designed and built in the late 18^th century by Thomas Jefferson.
15	New York, New York	Statue of Liberty		A 151 feet tall statue given by France to the United States to commemorate the centennial since the American Declaration of Indepence.
16	Manhattan, New York	Seagram Building		Dan's quintessence of the skyscraper commercial design.

[edit] Episode 3: Australia to Cambodia

#	Location	Treasure	Image
17	Sydney, Australia	St. James Church
18	Kakadu, Australia	Kakadu rock art
19	Torajaland, Sulawesi, Indonesia	Spirit houses	N/A
20	Torajaland, Sulawesi, Indonesia	Tau Tau	N/A
21	Java, Indonesia	Borobudur Stupa
22	Ayutthaya, Thailand	Gold Elephant	N/A
23	Siem Reap, Cambodia	Angkor Wat
24	Angkor Thom, Cambodia	Stone Faces of Bayon

[edit] Episode 4: Japan to China

#	Location	Treasure
25	Tokyo, Japan	Katana/Samurai sword
26	Himeji, Japan	Himeji Castle
27	Kyoto, Japan	Ryōan-ji Zen Buddhist Garden
28	Beijing, China	Forbidden City
29	Beijing, China	The Summer Palace Park
30	China	Great Wall of China
31	Xi'an, China	Terracotta Army
32	Shanghai, China	Ming Dynasty porcelain

[edit] Episode 5: India to Sri Lanka

#	Location	Treasure	Image
33	Kolkata, India	Durga
34	Sri Lanka	Sigiriya
35	Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka	Giant Buddha	N/A
36	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Buddha's Tooth
37	Kochi, India	Spices of Cochin	N/A
38	Madurai, India	Meenakshi temple
39	Jaipur, India	Jantar Mantar observatory
40	Agra, India	Taj Mahal

[edit] Episode 6: Uzbekistan to Syria

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
41	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Tiles of Samarkand
42	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	The trading domes	N/A
43	Baku, Azerbaijan	Fire Temple and Monastery at Surkhany	N/A
44	Isfahan, Iran	Imam mosque in Naghsh-i Jahan Square
45	Shiraz, Iran	Persian rug
46	Kermanshah Province, Iran	Behistun Inscription
47	Iran	Persepolis
48	Damascus, Syria	Al-Hamidiyah Souk		A market place in the ancient quarter

[edit] Episode 7: Jordan to Ethiopia

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
49	Jordan	Petra
50	Madaba, Jordan	Madaba Map	N/A
51	Jerusalem, Israel	Temple Mount
52	Axum, Ethiopia	Axum stelae		One of over a hundred obelisks in the ancient town of Axum, built 1700 years ago, the tallest one measures 24 metres and weighs over 100 tonnes making it the oldest erected obelisk in the ancient world.
53	Debre Damo, Ethiopia	The Miracle of Mary		The miracles of Mary is an ancient Ethiopian manuscript kept in the church of Debre Damo, dating back to 1500 years telling of the numerous miracles carried out by Mary mother of Jesus Christ written in Ge'ez Ethiopia's ancient language
54	Lalibela, Ethiopia	Lalibela		The term primarily refers to the complex of eleven rock cut churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia believed to have been created in the 12th century. Ethiopian tradition states it was bulit with the help of angels
55	Lalibela, Ethiopia	Lalibela cross

Cruickshank also visits Mount Nebo (Jordan) in this episode.

[edit] Episode 8: Mali to Egypt

#	Location	Treasure	Image
56	Djenné, Mali	Great Mosque of Djenné
57	Sanga, Mali	Dogon rock paintings	N/A
58	Sanga, Mali	Dogon mask	N/A
59	Tripoli, Libya	Leptis Magna
60	Gasr Al-Hajj, Libya	Berber granary	N/A
61	Egypt	Great Pyramid of Giza
62	Cairo, Egypt	Tutankhamun's burial mask
63	Luxor, Egypt	Nefertari's tomb	N/A
64	Edfu, Egypt	Edfu temple

[edit] Episode 9: Turkey to Germany

#	Location	Treasure	Image
65	Cappadocia, Turkey	Derinkuyu underground city	N/A
66	Istanbul, Turkey	Hagia Sophia
67	Moscow, Russia	Moscow Metro	N/A
68	Solovki, Russia	Solovetsky Monastery
69	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Peter the Great's cabin	N/A
70	Wieliczka, Poland	Wieliczka salt mine carvings
71	Berlin, Germany	Volkswagen Beetle
72	Dessau, Germany	The Brno Chair at the Bauhaus	N/A

[edit] Episode 10: Bosnia to France and Home

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
73	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stari most
74	Athens, Greece	Parthenon
75	Rome, Italy	Pantheon
76	Florence, Italy	Medici chapel	N/A
77	Venice, Italy	Grand Canal
78	Madrid, Spain	Guernica		Painting by Pablo Picasso
79	Granada, Spain	Alhambra
80	Chartres, France	Cathedral of Chartres