Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta (Season 8)

Episode 1 0.0

Air date: 2008-04-19

Runtime: 120 min

I tesori del Museo Egizio di Torino 0.0

Air date: 2008-04-26

Runtime: 93 min

Overview: Alberto Angela visits the Egyptian Museum in Turin and talks to us about the ancient Egyptian civilization through the precious finds contained in the museum. Exploring the rooms you go through the entire history of ancient Egypt and you can see great treasures, mummies and ancient statues. The Egyptian Museum of Turin, after that of Cairo, is the most important museum in the world dedicated to this civilization.

La straordinaria storia della Torre Eiffel 0.0

Air date: 2008-05-03

Runtime: 94 min

Overview: The protagonist of the episode is a 324 meter giant that has dominated the panorama of Paris since 1889 and has now become the symbol of an entire nation: France.

Oltre la Patagonia. Viaggio in capo al mondo 0.0

Air date: 2008-05-10

Runtime: 97 min

Overview: The journey we will take in this episode will make us discover one of the most fascinating and farthest lands from Italy: Patagonia. We will cross half the American continent, practically all of Argentina, from the Tropic of Capricorn to the famous Tierra del Fuego, literally the end of the world.

Le meraviglie del British Museum 0.0

Air date: 2008-05-17

Runtime: 96 min

Overview: The journey of this episode will take us through millennia of history to discover the greatest civilizations of the past and above all the masterpieces they have left us. We will do this by exploring one of the largest archeology museums in the world: the British Museum in London.

Viaggio nell'invisibile 0.0

Air date: 2008-05-31

Runtime: 97 min

Overview: The episode will be very special: it will take us into the world of the invisible. In fact, what our eyes can see is only part of the world around us. Just think for example of the infinitely small, where among other things surprising, sometimes monstrous beings live, even on our skin. Or just think of the infinitely large: at night the stars appear to us only as small bright dots, yet up there in the universe there are fantastic, extraordinary landscapes that our generation is able to admire for the first time.

Viaggio insolito nel corpo umano 0.0

Air date: 2008-12-13

Runtime: 100 min

Il racconto segreto della Colonna Traiana 0.0

Air date: 2008-12-20

Runtime: 100 min

Overview: Alberto Angela takes us on a journey to the borders of the Roman Empire to narrate the moment in which the latter reached the peak of power and expansion with the conquest of Dacia. An exciting story, which has changed the destiny of millions of people over the centuries, pointing the compass towards a specific era: that of Emperor Traiano, of whom this year marks the anniversary of his death which occurred 1900 years ago.