Decoding the Hieroglyphs 8. I hope when I make my transition that I never come back here again, because if I do the robots will control everything & humans will be chipped like cattle. ....An Arab king once said,...."When a woman rules a country, disaster surely follows." Without the advantage of metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel, they were able to construct vast cities with an amazing degree of architectural perfection and variety. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2012. I think with a little updating, and possibly add some stuff to make it longer and more current, it could be a wonderful addition to the Imax Blu-ray discs that are available. This DVD was converted from an IMAX film from Canada. And she would threaten the very foundations of a world that spread from Southern Mexico through Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. This documentary is about a reveling discovery by Nikolai Grube of how this great Civilization had collapsed. Can we finally reveal who killed the Maya? So much so that even the actions of a young woman would be the catalyst for an apocalypse. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Combined, there are more than 200k people following us through these channels: You should sign up for our newsletter. Another dumb-a** trying to make money making s**t up! YES ...MOST if not ALL pre-EUROPEAN invasions. His quest to push the boundaries of what we know about how these people lived and died leads to the story of a powerful woman. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. They totally agree with you. Maya-ology is hampered by this insistence that the Mayans were war-mongers. It focuses mainly on the Maya calendar and the discovery of a hidden tomb of Pacal, a king of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Mayans met the enemy and the enemy was them. (SMH). In addition, the scenery and visuals of the jungle cities were beautiful. Quite a lesson. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. We also see the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in the Mexican state of Yucatan which has an observatory. Lost Cities of the Maya: Revealed . Maybe if I was born in a city of conflict I may comprehend WARS. Although the images are good and they cover several sites (Uxmal, Palenque etc)..... they jump from one site to another (and back again) and don't tell you which site you are being shown. What went so wrong? I rented this DVD because I wanted to expand my knowledge, and refresh my memory, on the Mayan civilization since I had an AP World History exam coming soon. I'd buy it in a snap if it was still available and i wish so badly it would be made into a blu-ray. Thin on historical content. Lady Six Sky was born into this progressive jungle civilization. In a glimpse you can get a good quantity of information about this amazing people. The Mayan People are still here! On the trail of Lady Six Sky's story, Nikolai Grube is finding tantalizing new clues. It was just the end of a phase of Maya culture, and the end of the highland cities. We've never known for sure what triggered this apocalypse. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); natural factors, like drought is more likely the catalyst of the social turmoil which forced the Mayans to abandon southern regions; northern regions continue to prosper afterwards till Spanish invasion, this documentary reeks of colonialism and ingrained sexism.....the mayans were originally a peaceful, matriarchal culture and their downfall was brought about(of course other factors involved as any growing civilization but) largely by their assimilation of invading warrior patriarchal cultures....if you study the early phases of mayan culture you see that the decline coincided with their later transformation into the war/conquering phase so macho and blind to the consequences....and of course this doc wants to pin the blame on a woman....how typical.....of course, there are women war hawks like hillary clinton or margaret thatcher....but they're not really speaking for feminine values, just following the men's club....i'd like to end this post by dedicating it to the douche who said on here about an arab king saying how women can't control a country.....yeah right....because the arab men have been doing such a great f'n job of ruling their world with total peace and taking care of their people and treating their women like dogs...what a joke, This documentary is about a reveling discovery by Nikolai Grube of how this great Civilization had collapsed. The film makes it clear that the Maya was an advanced civilization with a complex base 20 number system and an advanced writing system. This one stands out as one of the most disappointing ones I have seen. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Well, its not just about their descendants today though. Mayan cities are also found in Guatemala (Tikal and Quirigua) and Copan in Honduras. Filmed on location at numerous sacred sites throughout Central America including the ruins at Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Copan and Uxmal, Mystery of the Maya explores the culture, science and history of this people. The major faults of this production are that it doesn't identify the ruins as it shows them, nor does it give much substantial information. The film was a huge disappointment. Even after the conquest of the Aztecs, his overland expedition into the Yucatan was a failure - further Spanish expeditions over the next two centuries were unable to make much headway either, and it really wasn't until the late 1600s that the Maya cities began to fall to Spanish attacks (the last capital, at Tayasal, didn't fall til 1696; less than 80 years before the American Revolution). as they are more reputable for their documentaries. Its nice to look at but lacking in detailed information about the Maya. Witness the splendor of the Mayan civilization through the discovery of their pyramids, palaces and temples. Anyway -- to whomever is concerned... Why not consider revamping this and re-releasing it on the format it should be in? Maya society was on the threat and historian Nikolai Grube wants to know why. The fall of the Classic Maya was not the fall of the Maya at all. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Mayans didn't die off - they all live in Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, etc. It is born to be blu-ray! This documentary is below the image IMAX standard, don't buy it if what you want is to see spectacular landscapes shots, but if what you want is a good introductory documentary about the Maya, pick up this one, you are not going to be disappointed. AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC, Nicolas Alonso, Juan Carlos Colombo, Susan Glover, Blanca Guerra, Juan Antonio Llanes, Barrie Howells, Don Haig, Frank Corcoran, Georgina Balzaretti, Mark Zannis, Mandarin Chinese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), This IMAX film on a HD DVD Provides A Lot of Information on the Maya Civilization in Mexico and Central America, Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013.

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