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Maya: The Blood of Kings
- 1995 ----- color ----- 50 min ----- vhs
- (Narrated by Sam Waterston) What was it that bound together the rich and complex Mayan society of lordly priest-kings, scholars and warriors? How did the ruling elite maintain the loyalty of their people, making possible a culture that could fashion such extraordinary innovations as the New World's most complicated writing system, astonishingly complex mathematics and astrological calculations that continue to amaze--even today? The answers being uncovered in sites all across the region spin a remarkable archaeological detective story of a society in thrall to the divinity of their rulers. A story that climaxed in the dark rituals of royal mutilation and human sacrifice that, in the end, could only be satisfied by the blood of kings. (Closed-Captioned)
- Topics: (American Indian Studies, Anthropology: Cultural, Archaeology, History: Latin American, Latin America, Mexico, Romance Languages and Literature)
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