Engineering an Empire
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.
| Engineering an Empire | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Peter Weller |
| Narrated by | Michael Carroll |
| Music by | Michael Richard Plowman Peter Boyer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Dolores Gavin |
| Producer | Randy Martin |
| Running time | approx. 44–90 minutes |
| Production companies | Kralyevich Productions Mechanism Digital |
| Original release | |
| Network | The History Channel |
| Release | September 13, 2005 – January 8, 2007 |
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 in 2010.
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