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.

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