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Around the World in 80 Treasures
Genre	Documentary
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer(s)	BBC
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two
Original run	21 February 2005 – 25 April 2005

Around the World in 80 Treasures is a 10 episode series by the BBC, presented by Dan Cruickshank, and 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.

A tie-in book of the same title was also published, written as a journal during the trip and containing much behind-the-scenes detail on the making of the programme in addition to Cruikshank's reflections on the treasures themselves.

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

The official BBC DVD of the series was released on 19 May 2008. Licenses for DVD releases have been sold to many countries around the world.

Contents 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 Companion book 12 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	Maras, Peru	Incan salt pans		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 3rd to 6th 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	Moai statues		Moai, large monolithic statues with oversized heads created by the Rapanui people between 1200 and 1700 CE. The picture shows a group of Moai buried to their shoulders on the outer slopes of Rano Raraku.
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 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		10th century stone sculptures/columns of Toltec warriors dressed in feathers and gods.
11	Mexico City, Mexico	Man, Controller of the Universe	N/A	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		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 18th 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	Brief description
17	Sydney, Australia	St. James Church
18	Kakadu, Australia	Kakadu rock art
19	Torajaland, Sulawesi, Indonesia	Spirit houses
20	Torajaland, Sulawesi, Indonesia	Tau Tau
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	Image	Brief description
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	Brief description
33	Kolkata, India	Durga
34	Sri Lanka	Sigiriya
35	Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka	Giant Buddha
36	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Buddha's Tooth
37	Kochi, India	Spices of Cochin
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
43	Baku, Azerbaijan	Fire Temple and Monastery at Surkhany
44	Isfahan, Iran	Imam mosque in Naghsh-i Jahan Square
45	Shiraz, Iran	Persian rug
46	Kermanshah Province, Iran	Behistun Inscription		The "Rosetta Stone" of cuneiform, with inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, deciphered in the 1800s.
47	Fars Province, Iran	Persepolis		The ruins of the ancient Persian capital
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		Ancient capital of the Nabataeans, rediscovered by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812.
50	Madaba, Jordan	Madaba Map		6th century floor mosaic; the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem.
51	Jerusalem, Israel	Temple Mount		The holiest site in Judaism; also revered in Islam as the location of Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven; location of the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, oldest extant Islamic structure in the world.
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		An ancient Ethiopian manuscript describing the numerous miracles of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, in Ethiopia's ancient Ge'ez language.
54	Lalibela, Ethiopia	Lalibela		A complex of eleven rock-cut churches, believed to have been created in the 12th century. Ethiopian tradition states it was built 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	Brief description
56	Djenné, Mali	Great Mosque of Djenné
57	Sanga, Mali	Dogon rock paintings
58	Sanga, Mali	Dogon mask
59	Tripoli, Libya	Leptis Magna
60	Gasr Al-Hajj, Libya	Berber granary
61	Egypt	Great Pyramid of Giza
62	Cairo, Egypt	Tutankhamun's burial mask
63	Luxor, Egypt	Nefertari's tomb
64	Edfu, Egypt	Edfu temple

[edit] Episode 9: Turkey to Germany

#	Location	Treasure	Image	Brief description
65	Cappadocia, Turkey	Derinkuyu Underground City
66	Istanbul, Turkey	Hagia Sophia
67	Moscow, Russia	Moscow Metro
68	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Cabin of Peter the Great
69	Solovki, Russia	Solovetsky Monastery
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		Reconstructed 16th Century bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and was the height of technical achievement when it was built.
74	Athens, Greece	Parthenon		5th Century BC Temple to Athena is the main building on the Acropolis in Athens. Its ruinous state had a huge impact on the Romantic movement.
75	Rome, Italy	Pantheon		Temple to all the Gods in central Rome. Its dome is one of the largest and oldest in the world.
76	Florence, Italy	Medici Chapels		Chapel designed by Michelangelo for the Medici family who were the most powerful Florentine family during the Renaissance
77	Venice, Italy	Grand Canal		The most important canal in Venice, lined by many of the city's most beautiful buildings
78	Madrid, Spain	Guernica	N/A	Painting by Pablo Picasso; a reaction to German bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War
79	Granada, Spain	Alhambra		A palace in the Spanish city of Granada, regarded as one of the finest pieces of Islamic architecture
80	Chartres, France	Cathedral of Chartres		One of the finest Gothic cathedrals. It has been a holy site for thousands of years predating Christian worship on the site

[edit] Companion book

• Cruickshank, Dan (17 February 2005). Around the World in Eighty Treasures. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardback). ISBN 978-0297843993. 
• Cruickshank, Dan (6 October 2005). Around the World in Eighty Treasures. Phoenix Press (paperback). ISBN 978-0753819470. 

[edit] External links

• Around the World in 80 Treasures at the Internet Movie Database