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Lost World of the Maya, The
- 1974 ----- color ----- 36 min ----- 16mm
- (Nova series) Dr. Eric Thompson, leading authority on Mayan civilization, having spent fifty years studying the life of these people, tours the great ceremonial stone cities of the Mayans. Dr. Thompson talks unselfconsciously about "we Mayans," reads their strange hieroglyphics easily and describes the Mayan ritual of human sacrifice to the sun. He also discusses the destruction of the cities by looters who sell artifacts on the black market.
- Topics: (Archaeology, Art: Tribal, Latin America)
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