Bettany Hughes

What happened in the 5th century BC changed your life. This was the time when three trailblazers - the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates - transformed our understanding of human potential, cutting us loose from gods, making us deciders of our own destiny. All survivors of childhood trauma, living thousands of miles apart, what was it about their time that created ideas that still shape our own lives?

Bettany Hughes examines the Minoans, whose sophisticated society transformed all of Greece

In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with extraordinary characters of the past-at some of the most epic moments in history.