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Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the Yucatan Peninsula lie the fabled pyramids temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the dark ages these innovative people had charted the heavens evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and had made tremendous strides in the areas of mathematics and calendars.Without the advantage of metal tools beasts of burden or even the wheel they were able to construct vast cities with...

Mystery of the Maya: Digitally remastered from the large format film originally presented in IMAX theaters, this picturesque documentary explores the ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization, including examinations of their palaces, temples, and mysterious pyramids. Shot at numerous sacred sites throughout Mexico and Central America, including the ruins at Palenque, Chichén Itzá and Uxmal, the film explores the culture, science and history of the Mayan people.

First published in 1925, Mystery Cities of the Maya is a classic in Central American archaeology-adventure. Gann was close friends with Mike Mitchell-Hedges, the British adventurer who discovered the famous crystal skull with his adopted daughter Sammy and Lady Richmond Brown, their benefactress. Gann battles pirates along Belizes coast and goes upriver with Mitchell-Hedges to the site of Lubaantun where they excavate a strange lost city where the crystal skull was discovered.

Description THE GREAT MAYAN CIVILIZATION DISAPPEARED MORE THAN 800 YEARS AGO. COULD WE BE NEXT? Your friend Tom disappears on assignment in Mexico searching for clues to the sudden collapse of the Mayan civilization. Meanwhile a pool of human blood appears at a Mayan ruin where Tom was last seen alive. What is behind Tom's disappearance? Has he traveled back in time? Or are the practices of the Maya alive and well, including human sacrifice?" A large spacecraft hovers over the pyramid. "What's happening...

Filmed on location in Central America using IMAX film technology, this picturesque documentary explores the ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization, including examinations of their palaces, temples, and the mysterious pyramids.

Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan Peninsula lie the fabled pyramids, temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europeans still slumbered in the Dark Ages, these innovative people charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and made tremendous strides in mathematics and calendrics.

Mystery of the Maya on DVD It's hard to believe that while the European continent was entrenched in the horrors of the Dark Ages, the Mayan culture was thriving. Not only did the Mayans create a complicated written language, they had far exceeded the Europeans in their study and mapping of the stars and planets, mathematics, and architecture. What happened to the Mayan people? How did they come to be? Why was this isolated culture so advanced? These questions and many others are explored in The...

An account of the mysterious fall of the ancient Maya civilization evaluates current theories and myths, citing sixteenth-century evidence of a residual population and offering a portrait of its Late Classic society beset by overly ambitious nobles, wars, and an exploding population that could not be sustained by its scanty agriculture. (MYA57, $34.95)

Filmed on location in Central America using IMAX film technology, this picturesque documentary explores the ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization, including examinations of their palaces, temples, and the mysterious pyramids.

THE GREAT MAYAN CIVILIZATION DISAPPEARED MORE THAN 800 YEARS AGO. COULD WE BE NEXT? Your friend Tom disappears on assignment in Mexico searching for clues to the sudden collapse of the Mayan civilization. Meanwhile a pool of human blood appears at a Mayan ruin where Tom was last seen alive. What is behind Tom's disappearance? Has he traveled back in time? Or are the practices of the Maya alive and well, including human sacrifice?" A large spacecraft hovers over the pyramid. "What's happening Manuel...

Preface The quest to solve the riddle of the universe is one of the oldest pursuits of man. The question is not merely academic, for its solution has enormous implications about the purpose and goal of existence. We have religious answers, based on revelation of the prophets. We have scientists' theories, opening vast, but inconclusive possibilities. We have the philosophers' speculations, thought-provoking, yet again, inconclusive. The question remains and the search goes on, each hoping to discover...

Description: A chronicle of a journey to the Maya ruins of Palenque, Mexico.

ISBN-10: 0500051135 ISBN-13: 9780500051139. Edition: .

The rich culture and famed architectural achievements of the Mayan civilization are spotlighted in this trip through some of Central America's most sacred sites, including the ruins at Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Copan and Uxmal. The program also touches on the Mayan society's innovation in the fields of mathematics and astronomy. Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Release Date: 2010-10-26, Rating: NR (Not Rated)