Engineering An Empire

For more than 500 years, Rome was the most powerful and advanced civilisation the world had ever known, built by an unprecedented mastery of engineering and labour.

Epic re-enactments and dazzling footage of ancient sites uncover how the Egyptians engineered their pyramids and monuments.

The ancient Greeks laid a foundation that supported nearly 3,000 years of European history. How did they build structures including Agamemnon's Tomb and the Parthenon?

The world's first democracy used art and architecture to create dazzling structures, including one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

In less than 200 years, the Aztecs went from a tribe of nomads into the most powerful civilisation the New World had ever known. How did they achieve such greatness?

For centuries, this mysterious civilisation ruled a huge territory across South and Central America. But by 900 AD, it dramatically fell apart.