This short video explores the two calendars; the Tzolk'in and the Haab and how important they were to the Maya people.

This short video looks at why the Ancient Maya believed in sacrifice and how they carried it out - not too gruesome but not for the feint-hearted either.

You may have scrolled past one of their haunting, crumbling pyramids in the background of your well-traveled friend's Instagram posts. But chances are, you have no idea what everyday life was really like for the ancient Mayans. From...

Discover the adventure and natural beauty of Guatemala, from exploring ancient Mayan pyramids hidden in the rainforest to hiking up an active volcano. Visit the beautiful Caribbean coast and wander through the bustling capital.

This short video explores some of the gods the Ancient Maya worshop and their practice of human sacrifice

As time goes by, the risk of natural disasters is getting higher around the world. From LA to Manilla, here's 10 Cities That Could Be Wiped out by 2020.

This short video explains some of the challenges faced by Maya farmers and how they overcame them with raised terraces, aqueducts and irrigation.

The enslaved Native woman who acted as the primary interpreter for Hernan Cortés during his conquest of the Aztec Empire.

A team of researchers have found evidence that the Mayans had managed to build a sophisticated water purification system in Tikal — over 2,000 years ago.
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According to the lead researcher, Kenneth Tankersley of the...

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A Maya woman talks about medicine, doctors, midwives and healers; also a look at the illnesses and treatments they used.

An animated explanation of how eclipses work. As you know a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is placed between the earth and the sun. But, if the moon takes about 28 days to travel around Earth, why don’t we see eclipses every month?

A Maya warrior describes the city of Chichen Itza and some of its buildings.

This short video explains some of the building techniques and the tools the Ancient Maya used

An explorer looks at the Ancient Maya form of writing, the hieroglyphs and a mention of the Dresden Codex

This short video gives an overview of the Maya people: where they originated and where they lived. 

A Maya warrior describes the game of ulama, the Ancient Maya sport played in a ball court.

A Maya woman gives an overview of life for an ordinary Maya family; work, school, child punishments!

This live-action video program is about the word Hieroglyphics. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Hieroglyphics through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...

Sometimes, Mother Nature just decides to ruin an entire culture for the hell of it. From an Egyptian city sinking into the ground to ancient Antarcticans being hit with an asteroid, these are 10 Civilizations Wiped Out By Nature.