central america

A brief description and history of Mexico and Central America.

The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. This program highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that cracked the code, unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization.

Presents thirty-six depictions of important Mayan archaeological sites as they would have appeared more than a thousand years ago.