Dan Cruickshank travels around the world to tell the story of various civilisations through the world's greatest treasures

Around the World in 80 Treasures was a travel and history programme. Dan Cruickshank sets of on a journey around the world to track down the things made by humans that are, in his opinion, the most precious and beautiful. Some of his treasures were well-known and large, like the Pyramids. Others were small items that hardly anyone will have known about.

Around the World in 80 Treasures was made by the BBC and was broadcast on BBC Two in early 2005.

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A Complete List of the Treasures Featured in the Programme

Programme one

1. Machu Picchu, PERU
2. Inca Salt Pans, PERU
3. The Nazca Lines, PERU
4. Lord Sipan's Gold Necklace, PERU
5. Mud City of Chan Chan, PERU
6. Moai of Easter Island via CHILE
7. Amazonian Headdress, BRAZIL
8. Christ the Redeemer, Rio BRAZIL

Programme two

9. Palenque, MEXICO
10. The Giants of Tula, MEXICO
11. Rivera's "Man, Controller of the Universe", Mexico City, MEXICO
12. The 1851 Navy Colt Revolver, Colorado, AMERICA
13. Mesa Verde, AMERICA
14. Monticello, Virginia, AMERICA
15. The Statue of Liberty, New York, AMERICA
16. The Seagram Building, New York, AMERICA

Programme three

17. St James's Church, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
18. Aboriginal Rock Art, Kakadu, AUSTRALIA
19. Spirit Houses of Torajaland, INDONESIA
20. Tau Tau effigies, Torajaland, INDONESIA
21. Borobudur Stupa, Java, INDONESIA
22. Gold Elephant of Ayutthaya, THAILAND
23. Angkor Wat, CAMBODIA
24. Stone Faces of Bayon, Angkor Thom, CAMBODIA

Programme four

25. Samurai Sword, JAPAN
26. Himeji Castle, JAPAN
27. Zen Buddhist Garden of Ryoanji, JAPAN
28. The Forbidden City, Beijing, CHINA
29. The Summer Palace Park, Beijing, CHINA
30. The Great Wall of China, CHINA
31. The Terracotta Army, Xian, CHINA
32. Ming Porcelain, Shanghai, CHINA

Programme five

33. The Goddess Durga, Calcutta, INDIA
34. The Palace of Sigiriya, SRI LANKA
35. The Great Buddha of Polonnaruwa, SRI LANKA
36. The Buddha's Tooth, Kandy, SRI LANKA
37. Spices of Cochin, INDIA
38. Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, INDIA
39. Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur, INDIA
40. The Taj Mahal, INDIA

Programme six

41. Tiles of Samarkand, UZBEKISTAN
42. Trading Domes of Bukhara, UZBEKISTAN
43. Fire Temple, Baku, AZERBAIJAN
44. Isfahan Mosque, IRAN
45. Persian Carpets, IRAN
46. Bisitun Cuneiform, IRAN
47. Persepolis, IRAN
48. Souk Al Hamidiyeh, Damascus, SYRIA

Programme seven

49. Petra, JORDAN
50. Holy Land Mosaic, Madaba, JORDAN
51. Temple Mount, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
52. The Axum Stelae, ETHIOPIA
53. Illuminated Manuscripts of Debre Damo, ETHIOPIA
54. The Rock Churches of Lalibela, ETHIOPIA
55. The Lalibela Cross, ETHIOPIA

Programme eight

56. The Djenne Mosque, MALI
57. Circumcision Paintings of Songho, MALI
58. The Dogon Mask, MALI
59. Leptis Magna, LIBYA
60. Berber Granary, LIBYA
61. The Pyramids, Cairo, EGYPT
62. Tutankhamun's Death Mask, Cairo, EGYPT
63. Paintings of Queen Nefertari's Tomb, EGYPT
64. The Temple of Horus, Edfu, EGYPT

Programme nine

65. Goreme, TURKEY
66. Agia Sofia, Istanbul, TURKEY
67. The Moscow Metro, RUSSIA
68. Solovki Monastery, RUSSIA
69. Peter the Great's Hut, St Petersburg, RUSSIA
70. Salt Mines, POLAND
71. VW Beetle, Berlin, GERMANY
72. Bauhaus Chair, Dessau, GERMANY

Programme ten

73. Mostar Bridge, BOSNIA
74. The Parthenon, Athens, GREECE
75. The Pantheon, Rome, ITALY
76. Michelangelo's New Sacristy, Florence, ITALY
77. Venice Grand Canal, ITALY
78. Picasso's Guernica, Madrid, SPAIN
79. The Alhambra, SPAIN
80. Chartres Cathedral, FRANCE