Engineering an Empire

Engineering an Empire is a History Channel series that covers the impressive architectural and engineering accomplishments of some of the world’s greatest civilisations. This fourteen-episode miniseries explores ancient peoples such as the Maya, the Aztecs, and the ancient Egyptians, as well as more recent empires such as Britain, Russia, and France.

The show originally aired as an homage to the incredible feats of the Roman Empire and was later expanded to include other notable dominant powers. From Carthage to Macedonia, and from the Byzantine Empire to Tsarist Russia, all of these great nation-states accomplished massive undertakings of engineering genius.

Aqueducts were found in both Roman and Aztec cultures. Large palaces, which most likely required aerial access, were built by the ancient Egyptians and the Maya. All of these empires inevitably fell from within, but their legacy still lives on through their long-standing architecture and in the history books.