Central America the burden of time

Presents the atonishing ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, and the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras, hiding beneath their canopy the dramatic cities of Tikal and Copan. We learn of new interpretations of history which show that the Maya as well as the Aztecs practised large-scale human sacrifice. Although the conquest and enslavement of the native cultures by the Conquistadores resulted in the destruction of their cities and the death of millions of Indians, remarkably their culture endured and can still be found alive in the mountains of Guatemala.

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"Historian Michael Wood discusses the unique civilization of the Hzteca, Mayas and Incas."
"Presents the atonishing ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, and the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras, hiding beneath their canopy the dramatic cities of Tikal and Copan. We learn of new interpretations of history which show that the Maya as well as the Aztecs practised large-scale human sacrifice. Although the conquest and enslavement of the native cultures by the Conquistadores resulted in the destruction of their cities and the death of millions of Indians, remarkably their culture endured and can still be found alive in the mountains of Guatemala."@en
"The sophisticated civilizations of the Aztecs, the Maya, and the Inca, their near obliteration by the Conquistadores, the parts that survive today, and their influence on our lives today."
"The Aztecs, Maya and Inca developed an advanced culture completely independently from the old world. Their achievements and experience present a fascinating opportunity to explore the fundamental characted of human nature. In the film we explore the astonishing ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, and the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras, hiding beneath their canopy and dramatic cities of Tikal and Copan. We learn of new interpretations of history which show the Maya as well as the Aztecs practised large-scale human sacrifice. Although the conquest and enslavement of the native cultures by the Conquistadores resulted in the destruction of their cities and the death of millions of Indians, remarkably their culture endured and can still be found alive in the mountains of Guatemala."@en
"The Aztecs, Maya and Inca developed an advanced culture independently from Western and Asian civilizations. The program explores the cities of Teotihuacan, Tikal and Copan and shows that, despite the destructions perpetrated by the Conquistadores, much of the earlier cultures has endured."
"Discusses how, isolated from the rest of the world, the Aztecs, Maya and Inca created sophisticated civilizations that in many ways paralleled ancient Mediterranean empires. Also discusses how the arrival of the Conquistadores caused near obliteration of their culture and how parts of it survive today in the mountains of Central America."@en
"A history of and examination of the great civilizations of Central America, the Aztecs, Mayas, and Inca."@en
"Isolated from the rest of the world, the Aztecs, Maya and Inca created sophisticated civilizations that in many ways paralleled ancient Mediterranean empires. The arrival of the Conquistadores caused near obliteration of their culture, but parts of it survive today in the mountains of Central America."
"Examines ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations and the impact that the Spanish conquest had on them. Shows how Mayan rituals and practices endure in contemporary Mexico and Central America."@en