Engineering an Empire (2005)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 14 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary series that examines the major engineering projects of ancient civilizations. It is hosted by Peter Weller and originally focused on Ancient Rome before expanding to other societies.

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What happens

Engineering an Empire is a television documentary miniseries that originally aired on the History Channel. The series explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of notable societies and cultures. It is hosted by Peter Weller, who is most famous for playing the titular role in RoboCop (1987). When the series was made he had recently earned a master's degree in Roman and Renaissance art at Syracuse University. The show started as a documentary about the engineering feats of Ancient Rome and later evolved into a series. It originally ran for one full season of weekly episodes. A video game, History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire, was released on March 25th, 2010. This was the very first video game developed by Bloober Team, who would later become well known for their horror titles such as Observer (video game) starring Rutger Hauer as David Lazarski in one of his final voice acting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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