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Ranked #4 of 17 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg
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?

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"Megastructures" is episode 5 of Big History season 1. It scored 6.7/10 from 25 votes, ranking #4 of 17 episodes this season (season average 6.5). It aired on November 16, 2013.