  A framework based on an extension of Kaluza's original idea of using a five
dimensional space to unify gravity with electromagnetism is used to analyze
Maxwell\'{}s field equations. The extension consists in the use of a six
dimensional space in which all equations of electromagnetism may be obtained
using only Einstein's field equation. Two major advantages of this approach to
electromagnetism are discussed, a full symmetric derivation for the wave
equations for the potentials and a natural inclusion of magnetic monopoles
without using any argument based on singularities.
