Big History - Season 1 - Eps 5: Megastructures
From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the towering skyscrapers of today, humans have engineered massive constructions for at least 5,000 years. But why? How do biology and human emotions affect our desire to build gigantic structures? Why were the earliest mega-structures almost always pyramids? Why do people have the urge to build tall, and how do mega-structures on earth echo a basic principle embedded in the very structure of the universe?
About Big History
Title: Big History
First Air Date: 2013-11-02
Last Air Date: 2013-12-28
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 17
Network: H2
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: H2, Flight 33 Productions
Synopsis
Explores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.
Cast
Bryan Cranston
Narrator
