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Lost King of the Maya
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Program Overview
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NOVA follows archeologist Bill Fash and his team as they excavate the burial site of the founder of a Maya dynasty in Copán, Honduras, and explores startling new information about Copán revealed by linguistic analysis and biological anthropology.
The program:
introduces Yax K'uk Mo', the legendary king who entered Copán as a conqueror and remained to found a dynasty.
reviews the history of the Maya people, who built towering pyramids and developed sophisticated systems of writing and astronomy more than a thousand years ago.
reveals the involvement of the Maya in ritual warfare and
human sacrifice.
examines the purpose of Maya observations of the stars and planets.
recounts how the Maya symbol code was broken in the 1980s.
chronicles the 400-year dynasty of Maya Holy Lords, founded by Yax K'uk Mo'.
offers a new historical insight into the collapse of the Maya empire.
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