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Travel tips: Historian Bettany Hughes on the best Greek islands, worthwhile souvenirs and the must-have travel item

The historian and TV presenter shares the hard-earned hacks she has picked up while trekking everywhere from the deserts of Turkey to the backwoods of Cambodia

The 56-year-old historian and TV presenter has a special expertise in ancient times and is a sought-after lecturer

Bettany Hughes has been a fixture on British television for more than two decades. The 56-year-old historian and TV presenter has a special expertise in ancient times and is a sought-after lecturer.

She’s written several bestselling books, from her first— Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore to her most recent, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History’s Greatest Treasures, out on April 23.

Hughes lives in London but spends much of the ...