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Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 5 – India to Sri Lanka: Documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank travels the world in search of man’s greatest creations. In Calcutta, he tangles with a ten-armed naked goddess and is moved to passion in the Cave of Heavenly Maidens.     Dan’s on a journey of personal enlightenment and finds the key to the cosmos in the city of Jaipur, worships at the Temple of the Tooth, is blessed by an elephant and ends up in the world’s greatest shrine to love, the Taj Mahal.   Around the World in 80

Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 4 – Japan to China: The ancient and the modern clash deliciously in Japan while the Terracotta army and the Great Wall of China boast the brilliance of ancient imperial China – Dan Cruickshank embarks on the fourth leg of his journey round the world to map man’s greatest creations in history.     The sword of a Samurai warrior is his first and slightly menacing choice, but Dan is captivated by the artistry employed in making this most beautiful instrument of death. By contrast, he finds solace and tranquillity in a Japanese

Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 3 – Australia to Cambodia: Giant termite mounds, edible juicy ants and erotic cave paintings are the treasures Dan Cruickshank unearths in the outback.     In Dan’s view, even the brilliance of Sydney Harbour can’t rival the artefacts of ancient Australia. Dan then moves on to Indonesia and meets the Torajan people of Sulawesi for whom, with their elaborate funerals and continued contact with loved ones after they have died, the line between life and death is very different to that in the west. Dan’s excitement is palpable as he visits the

Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 2 – Mexico to America: Dan Cruickshank’s travels take him from ancient Mayan tombs and the giant warriors of Tula in Mexico to Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia and the Statue of Liberty.     In episode two of Dan Cruickshank’s global journey to find the top 80 man-made treasures in history, we travel from the mysteries of ancient Mayan tombs to that great symbol of the modern age – the Statue of Liberty, while taking in the drama of the giant warriors at Tula and the refinement of Thomas Jefferson’s elegant home

Around the World in 80 Treasures episode 1 – Peru to Brazil: Dan visits the giant Moai, the ruins of Machu Picchu and the giant statue of Rio’s Christ. Cruickshank sets out on television’s most ambitious treasure hunt ever – to reveal the most beautiful and precious things made by man since the dawn of time.     Filmed over five months and visiting more than 40 countries, episode one takes Dan deep into the Amazonian rainforests of Brazil, to the peaks of the Peruvian mountains and to the distant wilds of Easter Island. Surviving tempest-tossed seas, crocodile-infested rivers and