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.

MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simo...

This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.

Mixing in-depth excavation work and scientific analysis of the forgotten city of Naachtun, this doc...

In northern Peru, the unprecedented archaeological discovery of the largest known mass child sacrifi...

Long before Columbus, the Maya established one of the most highly developed civilizations of their t...

Investigate the rise and fall of one of the world's most mysterious civilizations.

The validity of ancient prophecy has been debated for centuries and is one of the most controversial...

This Traveltalk series short visits the village of Chichicastenango, Guatemala and emphasizes the in...

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops ar...

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant re...
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala ...

A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand a...

A look at Palenque's best kept secret: The Red Queen.

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a natio...

During the 2020 pandemic summer, El Colegio de la Desextinción infiltrated into the holidays of four...

A documentary made by History Time on YouTube. Written, researched and produced by Pete Kelly.

In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of ...