THE MAYAN PEOPLE: PAST AND PRESENT

Genre
Mystery
Number of episodes
1
Length
44

A descendant of the Mayans, Don Gonzalez will soon be 100 years old. To this day, he remembers when a mudslide from the neighbouring mountains left a fragment of an ancient obelisk in his cornfield a relic of the mysterious Mayan civilization. The ancient Mayans created a unique system of government, developed their own writing system, and built palaces and temples whose designs bore witness to an advanced level of engineering. What brought about the sudden collapse of the Mayan civilization? And what does the future hold for their descendants who live in the Yucatán today? To answer these questions, we leave Don Gonzalezs hospitable home and set out on a journey into the jungle, heading down the sacbe road the Mayas sacred white path in pursuit of the sun and the mythical feathered serpent...

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