Engineering an Empire
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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 | |
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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 (2005-09-13) – January 8, 2007 (2007-01-08) |
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.[1] The show started as a documentary about the engineering feats of Ancient Rome and later evolved into a series.[citation needed] It originally ran for one full season of weekly episodes.
A video game, History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire, was released in 2010.[2][3]