Fall Of The Maya Kings

Release date: 2022-06-11
Votes: 2
Genres: Documentary
One of the great mysteries of history is how the ancient Maya built such an incredible society in a tropical rainforest over two thousand years - and then vanished. How? Why? New discoveries and new science can now tell the story.
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