Planet of Treasures

Like countless series about historical events, this is too focused on the "great" leaders (men) that did "manly" things (growing enormous egos exaggerating their successes, waging wars and making other work for him), told by a man. All the rest is, as usual, overlooked. It says something about Unesco as well, of course, for the choice of sites and the stories behind them, but it's getting a bit old to be honest. As a historian myself, I didn't finishing the first episode, there's nothing new about this pharao exaggerating his own worth. It's like drooling over Mar-a-Lago and once again uplift its self-centered owner..to me that's simply useless.

Nevertheless, the images in the film are beautiful and it's nice to get an idea of these impressive places. But don't be fooled in thinking that this is the history of our planet; it's heavily selective in showing what it wants to show and tell.