"Circles the globe to re-examine history's most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind" -- Container.

Collective title from disc labels and container. Originally produced as 12 episodes of the television program Engineering an empire in 2006 & 2007 (discs 1-4), and 2 television documentary specials in 2005 ("Rome", disc 5) & 2007 ("Egypt", disc 6). Special feature (disc 4): season 1 behind-the-scenes featurette (19 min.). Special features (disc 5): behind-the-scenes featurette on "Rome" (writer/producer, Michael Scalere ; producer, Tim Nolan ; 21 min.). Special features (disc 6, min.): 3 "Egypt"-related featurettes ("An inside look at 'Egypt'" with Peter Weller, 11 min.; "From the director's chair" with Christopher Cassell, 13 min.; "Everything you wanted to know about 'Egypt'" with Salima Ikram, 11 min.).