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Ongoing Series

If We Built It Today

★ 8.0 · 2019-07-14 · 2 Seasons · TV-PG · Documentary
If We Built It Today

Cast

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Brian Mitchell

Narrator

Episodes

1 Secrets in the Pyramid

Secrets in the Pyramid

Egypt's Great Pyramid is one of the world's greatest and most mysterious marvels, and using cutting-edge tech and the latest engineering innovations, experts reveal what it would take to build the ancient wonder today.

42m
2 Battle of Brooklyn Bridge

Battle of Brooklyn Bridge

New York's Brooklyn Bridge might be the most important bridge in the world, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge engineering to built it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

42m
3 Ghosts of the Colosseum

Ghosts of the Colosseum

Rome's Colosseum is the most famous stadium on the planet, and it took cutting-edge engineering and a fallen emperor to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.

42m
4 Hunt for Noah's Ark

Hunt for Noah's Ark

According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a world-changing engineering feat, and it took cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.

42m
5 Rise of the Aqueducts

Rise of the Aqueducts

Rome's aqueducts are one of the greatest engineering marvels in history, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge construction to build them. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building them a second time would be just as deadly.

42m
6 Secrets at the Great Wall

Secrets at the Great Wall

The Great Wall of China is one of the world's greatest engineering marvels, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

42m
7 Fortress of the Gods

Fortress of the Gods

Rome's Pantheon hides the secret to the Roman Empire's power, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge engineering to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as deadly.

42m
8 Doomsday in Venice

Doomsday in Venice

Experts use today's technology in figuring out if building Venice today would be as dangerous as it was before.

42m
9 Resurrecting Notre-Dame

Resurrecting Notre-Dame

When catastrophic fires ravaged Notre-Dame in April 2019, one of the world's great wonders was left in ruins. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal what it will take to build it a second time.

84m
1 Washington, DC Reborn

Washington, DC Reborn

Washington, DC was built as the capital city of a new, revolutionary country, and it's home to some of America's greatest wonders; now, experts use cutting-edge engineering to reimagine what this place would look like if we had to build it again.

82m
2 Atlantis Rises

Atlantis Rises

Experts reveal if it's now possible to build a modern Atlantis underwater.

42m
3 Code of the Parthenon

Code of the Parthenon

The Parthenon is the crowning jewel of ancient Greek architecture engineered according to a mysterious mathematical formula, the golden ratio; expert builders examine the secrets of its design and investigate if modern-day methods could rebuild it.

42m
4 Resurrecting the Titanic

Resurrecting the Titanic

Experts use cutting-edge tech to discover if a modern vessel of equal opulence to the Titanic could be successfully built for the sea today.

42m
5 Transcontinental Secrets

Transcontinental Secrets

America's transcontinental railroad helped transform the United States into a global superpower, and today, cutting-edge engineering is behind hi-tech railways to once again revolutionize travel from sea to shining sea.

42m
6 Legend of Machu Picchu

Legend of Machu Picchu

Experts reveal what it would take to rebuild the legendary Machu Picchu.

42m
7 Eiffel Tower Decoded

Eiffel Tower Decoded

Experts decode the groundbreaking engineering behind the Eiffel Tower.

42m
8 Engineering the Home

Engineering the Home

From ancient cave dwellings to massive multi-winged estates, the home has never stopped evolving; now, experts mix modern materials with state-of-the-art technology to reveal if a modern home can be constructed to truly stand the test of time.

42m

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