Quest For The Lost Maya

"Quest For The Lost Maya" explores archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatán Peninsula of southern Mexico.

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Kiuic ruins.

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Film crew at Uxmal.

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George Bey, professor of Anthropology at Millsaps College, conducts research at Kiuic.

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Archaeologists at the Stairway to Heaven.

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Cave drawing of a jaguar.

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A stone head with drawing.

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The film surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the “pre-classic era” (800-700 BC) of the Maya, as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization in the 800-900s AD.

Follow American archaeologists George Bey and Bill Ringle and their Mexican colleague Tomás Gallareta Negrón as they find startling evidence of a forgotten Mayan society.

"Quest For The Lost Maya" was produced by National Geographic Television. The film premiered March 2012.

The Rise and Fall of a Civilization

"Quest for the Lost Maya explores archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 BCE) of the Maya

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Explore archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico. 3/28/2012