The metropolis of Teotihuacán was one of the most impressive and long lasting of the ancient civilizations. Its monumental legacy includes avenues, palaces, amazing apartment-style complexes, and the towering pyramids.

Ironically, because of the absence of written records, the inhabitants are less well known than the Maya, who were their contemporaries, or the Aztecs, who, centuries after its enigmatic decline, named Teotihuacán the ‘City of the Gods’.

Uncover the society of Teotihuacán through the buildings, surreal figurines, fabulous murals, mysterious masks and macabre burials that reveal aspects of its past, including a unique system of government, ecological disaster and human sacrifice.

This DVD is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated 24-page hardcover book. Watch and discover the secrets of cultures that thrived for centuries and then disappeared, and at the same time read the captivating book packed with intriguing facts, illustrations, photography and more.

Narrated by Leonard Nimoy
Produced by FilmRoos Inc in association with A&E Television for the History Channel (1996)

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