The Maya were an advanced and powerful people who dominated Central America for over 700 years. Combining mystical beliefs with radical advances in science and the arts, their loose coalition of city-states grew to embrace an empire the size of Germany.

Yet around AD 900, this flourishing and apparently peaceful society appeared to collapse within less than a century – a mystery that has baffled archaeologists ever since.

Follow in the footsteps of renowned Maya expert Dr. Nikolai Gruber as he travels deep into the Guatemalan jungle in an attempt to solve the puzzle of just who, or what, brought about the demise of this once glittering civilization.

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 Michael Lumsden
Produced by Parthenon Entertainment Ltd (2004).

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