Maya Videos

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VIDEOS
Maya writing (2:45 min.)
The Creation Story of the Maya (2:55 min.)
Caracol from Above [Dr. Mucker] (6:01 min.)
Dr. Mark Van Stone - How Maya Hieroglyphs are written - Demonstration (6:42 min.)
El Mirador: Craddle of Maya Civilization (7:50 min.)
NASA Connect: Ancient Observatories (7:39 min.)
Guatemala: el gran trekking de El Mirador (9:53 min.)
The Maya Base-20 Number System (10:45 min.)
Caracol - Incredible Mayan Ruins - Off the beaten path [Dr. Mucker] (11 min.)
Maya Math (12:46 min.)
Jade Maya [Discover Magazine, Mary Lou Ridinger, John Mann] (14:36 min.)
Maya Star War: Tikal-Calakmul War (16:08 min.)
Maya Archaeology in Caracol, Belize (16:16 min.)
Tikal Project - 1967 (17:22 min.)
Tikal Project: 1956 (18:34 min.)
Tikal Project: 1956-1962 (19:51 min.)
Lacandon Indians and Palenque [1951] (20:36 min.)
The Lost Cities of the Maya [Secrets of Archeology. John Lloyd Stephens; Palenque; Chichen Itza]  (20:36 min.)
The Fall of the Maya [Time Travellers by John Rhys-Davies, 1992. John Lloyd Stephens, Copan, Linda Schele, William Fash, Robert Sherer, Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Rebecca Storey] (22:03 min.)
Maya: Kingdom of Blood [Mysteries of the Ancients by Bettany Hughes, 1992] John lloyd Stephens, Copan, Linda Schele, William Fash, Barbara Fash, Rebecca Storey, Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle (23:09 min.)
Clash of the Maya Kings [Time Travellers by John Rhys-Davies, 1995. Calakmul and Tikal; Samuel Martin; Nikolai Grube; David Friedel; Ramon Carrasco; Tatiana Proskuriakoff]  (23:17 min.)
Palenque: The Maya 603 A.D. -800 A.D. [Calendar, writing and mathematics, astrology] (24:51 min.)
Glyphers: Deciphering Mayan Society (27:04 min.)
Tikal Project: 1951-1959 (31:57 min.)
The Ancient Americans [Maya, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec, 1998] (32:44 min.)
Los Misterios Mayas, Documental (37:57 min.)
Palenque: Metropolis of the Maya [Lost Worlds, 2005] (43:20 min.)
Passage to the Maya Underworld: Digging for the Truth [History Channel, Josh Bernstein. Palenque, Chichen Itza, Chichicastenango, Utatlan, Cancuen, Arthur Demarest, Candelaria, 2005] (43:37 min.)
Lost Cities of the Maya [Timewatch BBC, 2003. Dos Pilas, La Joyanca, Naachtun] (43:41 min.)
Secret Underwater Caves [History International, Host John Chatterson, 2004. Cozumel cenote, Cueva Quebrada, Jeff Bozanic, James Brady, Manuel Aguilar, Coba, Pilar Luna, Blind Fish site] (43:51 min.)
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Mayan Empire [History Channel, 2009; Tikal; Cancuen] (43:51 min.)
The Ancient Maya: The Tools of Astronomy [History Channel, Michael Guillen, 2006] (44:10 min.)
The Maya: Engineering an Empire (History Channel, Peter Weller, 2006) [Tikal; Palenque; collapse; Sacbe; Chichen Itza; Codices] (44:29 min.)
Maya Underworld: The Real Doomsday [National Geographic, Diego Buñuel. Chichen Itza, Cenote Holtun, La Corona, David Stuart, John Hoopes, Dresden Codex, Cenote San Antonio, William Saturno, Xultun, 2012] (44:58 min.)
The Riddle of the Maya (Kathleen Turner. A&E, 1995) [Mary Ellen Miller, Palenque, John Lloyd Stephens, Frederick Catherwood, John B. Carlson, Linda Schele, David Freidel, Karl Taube, Richard Levinthal, Arnaldo Gonzalez Cruz, Red Queen, Dos Pilas] (45:44 min.)
Lords of the Maya [Timewatch, BBC/A&E, 1997. Robert J. Sharer, Yuri Koronosov, Copan, Teotihuacan, Tikal, Nikolai Gruber, David Stuart, Linda Schele, William Fash, Palenque, Santiago de Atitlan, Lacandon, David W. Sedat, Red Queen] (46:31 min.)
Rio Azul - Lost city of the Maya [National Geographic, 1990. Dos Pilas; Arthur Demarest; Stephen D. Houston; David Stuart; James E. Brady] (47:16 min.)
Quest for the Lost City [To the Ends of the Earth] Neil Brodie; Site Q; Flores; Simone Clifford-Jaegar; Nicholas Helmut; Yaxchilan; La Tecnica;`Richard Hansen; David Stuart; Uaxactun; La Corona (48:52 min.)
Spirits of the Jaguar [BBC, 1996. Maya creation story, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Hero Twins, Tree of Life] (49:05 min.)
Ancient Apocalypse - The Maya Collapse (49:11 min.)
Maya: The Blood of Kings [Time Life's Lost Civilizations, Narrator, Sam Waterson. Arthur Demarest, Alberto Ruz, Pacal, Diego de Landa, Mary Ellen Miller, Eric Thompson, El Castillo, Maya Calendar, Justin Kerr, Giles Healey, Bonampak, Yuri Koronosov; Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Linda Schele] (50:05 min.)
Who Killed the Maya? [Nikolai Gruber, Tikal, Lady Six Sky, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, Naachtun, Calakmul, Aguateca, Markus Eberl, 2006] (50:10 min.)
Cracking the Maya Code (PBS) [Diego de Landa, George Stuart, Michael D. Coe, William Fash, Linda Schele, Simon Martin, Palenque, Alfred Maudslay, Dresden Codex, J. Erik Thompson, Tatiana Proskuriakoff, Peter Mathews, Pacal, Stephen Houston, Barbara Macleod, Nicholas Hopkins] (52:48 min.)
Dawn of the Maya Documentary (National Geographic) [El Mirador; Pacal; Cibal; San Bartolo; Popol Vuh; Diego de Landa; Yuri Koronosov; plaster making] (53:08 min.)
Jade Smuggling in Guatemala (57:15 min.)
Lost Kingdoms of the Maya [National Geographic, 1993. Frederick Catherwood, John Lloyd Stevens, Copan, Palenque, William Fash, Robert Sherer, David Stuart, Barbara Fash, Linda Schele, Chichicastenango, Uxmal, Caracol, Arlen and Diane Chase, Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Tikal, Dos Pilas, Arthur Demarest, Stephen D. Houston] (58:06 min.)
New Documentary The Tikal Legacy / Kingdoms of Mesoamerica 2018 (1 hr. 08 min.)
The Red Queen - A Mayan Mystery (part one) (1 hr. 33 min.)

LECTURE VIDEOS
Palenque and the Ancient Maya World [George and David Stuart, 2008] (40:26 min.)
Chichen Itza: An Alien City in the Maya Lowlands [Simon Martin, May 27, 2015]  (48:20 min.)
The Popol Vuh [Michael D. Coe lecture, UC Merced, March 2, 2012] (49:36 min.)
Great Battles: A Tale of Two City States: Quirigua's Victory over Copan in 738 CE [Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Oct. 3, 2012] (55:27 min.)
The Splendid Maya Murals of Bonampak, Mexico, with Prof. Mary Miller [Yale Presidential Inauguration Symposia, October 11, 2013] (58:15 min.)
The Maya and 2012: Fact, Fantasy, and Phenomenon [Simon Martin, Dec. 12, 2012] (58:52 min.)
Maya Majesty: Kings & Queens of the Classic Maya [Simon Martin, Nov. 14, 2012] (58:52 min.)
New Light on the Ancient Maya [Michael D. Coe, Oct. 15, 2008] (55:55 min.)
The Collapse of the Ancient Maya: Interpretations of the Past and Preserving the Future [Richard M. Leventhal, March 10, 2009] (1 hr.)
Temples that speak: Art and Architecture at Copan, Honduras [Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Oct. 18, 2012] (1 hr.)
From the Myth of Kings to the Math of Kings: Art, Science, and the Ancient Maya [William Saturno, Feb. 2013] (1 hr. 2 min.)
The End of Time The Maya Mystery of 2012 [Anthony F. Aveni, June 2012]  (1 hr. 7 min.)
The Origins of Maya Civilization: New Insights from Ceibal [Daniela Triadan, Feb. 19, 2015] (1 hr. 15 min.)
Inside Emblem Glyphs: Tracking Royal Identies at Calakmul & Dzibanche [Simon Martin, April 20, 2013] (1 hr. 20 min.)
The Mysteries of the Ancient Maya Civilization and the Apogee of Art in the Americas [Arthur Demarest, Vanderbilt, March 28, 2013]  (1 hr. 21 min.)
More Than a Drink: Chocolate in the Pre-Columbian World [Michael D. Coe lecture, Oct. 11, 2000, UC Berkeley] (1 hr., 22 min.)
Maya Archaeology and Its Relevance to the Modern World [Jeremy Sabloff, Sept. 12, 2014] (1 hr. 24 min.)
Jaime Awe - Maya Cities & Sacred Caves of Belize [Jaime J. Awe, March 2015] (1 hr. 27 min.)
Parallel Civilizations: Ancient Angkor and the Ancient Maya [Michael D. Coe lecture, Oct. 12, 2000, UC Berkeley] (1 hr., 29 min.)
The Origins & Collapse of the Preclassic Maya in the Mirador Basin, Guatemala [Richard Hansen, Library of Congress, April 2, 2014]  (1 hr. 31 min.)
Deciphering the Maya Script: What We Know and What We Don't Know [Michael D. Coe lecture, Oct. 10, 2000, UC Berkeley] (2 hrs.)
 

CODE OF THE MAYA KINGS
Code of the Maya Kings (1) (National Geographic, 1999) [John Lloyd Stephens; Frederick Catherwood; Copan; Palenque; Chichen Itza; Tatiana Proskuriakoff; Piedras Negras; Sylvanus Morley; Bonampak; Erik Thompson; David Stuart] (14:50 min.)
Code of the Maya Kings (2) [Frederick Catherwood, John Lloyd Stevens, Mary Ellen Miller, George Stuart, Uxmal, Bolonchen well, Chichen Itza] (14:50 min.)
Code of the Maya Kings (3) [Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Char Solomon, Ian Graham, Chichen Itza, Sylvanus Morley, Giles Healey, Bonampak] (14:50 min.)
Code of the Maya Kings (4) [Bonampak, Eric Thompson, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Yuri Knorosov, Char Solomon, George Stuart, David Stuart, Piedras Negras] (8:16 min.)
 

BREAKING THE MAYA CODE VIDEOS:
Breaking the Maya Code (8 clips)
Introduction (2:33 min.)
The Maya Script (2:19 min.)
The Maya Books (3:09 min.)
The Maya Calendar (2:18 min.)
Yuri Knorosov (4:07 min.)
The Collaborators (4 min.)
David Stuart (3:50 min.)
The Maya Take Back Their Writing System (2:16 min.)
 

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