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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:
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introduces Yax K'uk Mo', the legendary king who entered
Copán as a conqueror and remained to found a dynasty.
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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.
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reveals the involvement of the Maya in ritual warfare and human
sacrifice.
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examines the purpose of Maya observations of the stars and
planets.
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recounts how the Maya symbol code was broken in the 1980s.
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chronicles the 400-year dynasty of Maya Holy Lords, founded by
Yax K'uk Mo'.
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offers a new historical insight into the collapse of the Maya
empire.
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