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Overview Details Customer Reviews Through breathtaking discoveries, archaeologists are uncovering the early years of the ancient Maya to reveal a dynamic, sophisticated culture that was flourishing before the time of Christ. The Preclassic Maya—once dismissed as primitive—created massive pyramids, elaborate art, early writing, and more. Join National Geographic's Dawn of the Maya as it investigates the rise one of the world's greatest and most mysterious civilizations. Not available for shipment...

This probing documentary from the History Channel tasks a team of historians, archaeologists, and forensic experts with discovering how the epic, ancient Mayan city of Palenque was built, and what its imposing structures were originally created for, by the long deceased people who created it. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Additional Details Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Rating: Not Rated Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 50 Minutes Region: Region 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Language: English Studio: History Channel DVD Release Date: November 13, 1997 Take a look at the mysterious civilization of the ancient Mayans, the subject of the newly Oscar® - nominated film Apocalypto. More than 1000 years ago in Mexico, the great temple-city of Palenque thrived as an important center of the Mayan world. Mysteriously abandoned in 8...

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This documentary release from the History Channel explores how the ancient Mayans pioneered many of the fundamental principles of astronomy on which modern scientists rely today. From the world's first solar observatory to the origins of their complex calendar system, the wisdom of this culture proves to have been very important. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

For almost 2000 years, the ancient Maya of Central America recorded their history and ideas in an intricate and beautiful hieroglyphic script, carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark-paper books. Then, in the 16th century, Spanish invaders burned their books and ruthlessly extinguished hieroglyphic literacy. By the 18th century, when stone inscriptions were discovered buried in the jungles of Central America, no one on earth could read them. BREAKING THE MAYA CODE is the story of...

This documentary from PBS's acclaimed Nova series explores the truth behind the Mayan dynasty of the Blood Lords. Under the rule of Yax K'uk Mo, this bloody period of Mayan civilization--with its ritual warfare, and human sacrifices--was long thought fantasy by scholars. But now, among the pyramids and temples of the ancient city of Copan, a team of archaeologists and historians makes new discoveries, and comes to new conclusions about the Blood Lords, their success, and ultimate downfall.

In this compelling program, Mayan researcher Ian Xel Lungold presents amazing new discoveries about how the Maya centered their civilization around a reality and concept of time they believed was the unfoldment principle for consciousness, galaxies, life, history and even creation itself.

Lost King of the Maya In an ancient Mayan arena; enemies of notorious King Yax Kuk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this fateful contest; winners liveand losers lose their heads. From 200 to 900 A.D.; Yax Kuk Mos dynasty of Blood Lords presided over the Maya city of Copan; conducting hallucinogenic vision quests; ritual warfare and human sacrifice. Join a team of archaeologists and historians who are piecing together the fascinating rise and fall of this ancient...

The discovery of Mayan hieroglyphs qualifies as something of a miracle in and of itself,, given the 16th Century Spaniards' systematic destruction of all books, monuments and pottery bearing the written language. History took a turn for the better in the 18th century, however, when archaeologists turned up a series of artifacts inscribed with these glyphs - artifacts buried in the Central American jungles for hundreds of years. As adapted from Michael Coe's bestselling book of the same name and helmed...

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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 Mystery of Maya. Originally...

The desolate and extensive desert in Southern Peru hides one of the most spectacular secrets of Nazca culture, the legendary and mysterious geoglyphs engraved on the surface of the desert. There are illustrations of various animals that measure 100 meters and further images that extend for several kilometers. The precision and huge dimensions of these lines is simply breathtaking. For some time, it was believed that they could only be discerned from the sky but the truth is, they can be seen from...

Copyright: 1996. Language: English, French, Spanish, Mandarin. Subtitles: English. Closed-Captioned. Color, Live Action. MARC records, Catalog Card Kit and Single Main Entry Cards are available. Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo. Features: Chapter Select, Interactive Menu, Theatrical Trailers. Technical: Single Layer, Single Sided, Full Screen. DVD Region: All.

Worlds of the Maya explores Belize and Guatemala, two of the countries that hold sites of great a classical Mayan past. They also are home to much of the Maya culture of today. a little known culture that has struggled through decades of challenge, and struggles now to adjust to the present.

Maya Deren was one of the pioneering figures of avant-garde cinema in America and also a noted author, poet, anthropologist, and alternative cultural figure of the 1940s and 1950s. Born Eleanora Derenkovsky in 1917, her family fled Kiev in 1922 to avoid political and economic reprisals brought on by her father's association with Leon Trotsky. Settling in Syracuse, NY, the family shortened their name to Deren, and Eleanora developed a passionate interest in dance and literature. After receiving degrees...

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