Engineering an Empire (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2005-09-13
Ended: 2007-01-08
Network: History
Country: US
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
In an era long passed, mighty empires were forged from nothing and rose to the heights of power. Join host Peter Weller, an actor and a professor at Syracuse University as he travels the world to show the engineering feats that gave rise to some of the greatest civilizations known to man. From Rome to the Pharaohs' Egypt, from Greece to Carthage, from the Aztecs to the Maya and more, this new program from the History Channel uses computer graphics to explore the architectural, political and cultural glory of the world's greatest empires.