Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery
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Ulisse - The pleasure of discovery

8.9 / 10
2001
25 seasons
293 episodes
Documentary

Alberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A historical, archaeological, informative story, with the presence of some protagonists of the Italian cultural or artistic scene.

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Seasons

  • The splendor of the Pharaohs

    1.The splendor of the Pharaohs

    07-04-200196m

    The Cairo museum is one of the most extraordinary places in the history of humanity: it houses the treasures of the Pharaohs. Thousands of objects recovered from the tombs: jewels,...

  • The extraordinary story of life

    2.The extraordinary story of life

    14-04-2001103m

    Ulisse tells the story of life on Earth. An exciting story, which scientists are slowly reconstructing. Alberto Angela will be in the famous Natural History Museum in New York, whe...

  • Everest, the great challenge

    3.Everest, the great challenge

    21-04-2001106m

    Ulisse dedicates this event to the highest peak in the world: Everest. A RAI crew went to the Himalayas, in the Everest region, to show the extraordinary landscapes of this "roof o...

  • The fire

    4.The fire

    28-04-2001106m

    Fire has been a protagonist of human history; from the first prehistoric fireplaces, born about 400 thousand years ago, to the flames of space rockets, it has always accompanied ma...

  • Neanderthals, a drama from 35,000 years ago

    5.Neanderthals, a drama from 35,000 years ago

    05-05-2001109m

    Ulisse offers his spectators a very particular journey: a journey through time, to closely observe the life of a group of Neanderthal men. Thanks to careful studies, a group of sci...

  • Diamonds, pearls and gold

    6.Diamonds, pearls and gold

    12-05-2001120m

    This episode of Ulisse is dedicated to the most extraordinary jewels in history, and everything behind them: technique, art, nature. The episode takes its cue from the largest diam...

  • In the hell of volcanoes

    7.In the hell of volcanoes

    19-05-2001120m

    The earth floats on a sea of fire: the thin layer of the earth's crust, in fact, rests on an incandescent magma which every now and then finds chimneys to shoot out its fiery splas...

  • Pompeii, countdown

    8.Pompeii, countdown

    26-05-2001119m

    Would you like to live in Roman times? Ulisse gives you the opportunity, following hour by hour the typical day of the inhabitants of a Roman city: family life, work, business, lov...

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