National Geographic - Les royaumes perdus des Mayas

Long before Christopher Columbus, the Maya had established one of the most advanced civilizations of their time in the jungles of Mexico and Central America. This advanced society, composed of priests, astronomers, artisans and peasants, mysteriously disappeared. On spectacular ruin sites such as Copan or Dos Pilas, archaeologists uncover buried temples of incredible beauty and discover traces of human life. Recently, hieroglyphs have been deciphered and new discoveries offer amazing clues about the life of this ancient people. From its beginnings to the tragic war conflict of its end, the history of this fallen kingdom is told to us. Disturbing reconstructions allow us to discover the ancient rites in their place of origin. Finally, you will meet the descendants of this vanished civilization who still maintain their ancestral traditions.