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62) Mexico
Series
Publisher
Film Ideas, Inc
Pub. Date
[c2002]
Language
English
Description
The Yucatan, Mexico's southerly most point, is nothing less than a true paradise with legendary cities and culture of Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Merida-the white city. Finally visit the crystalline sea of Cancun and the fabulous nature reserves of Quitana Roo.
Publisher
Distributed by Kultur International Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
As with many of the pre-Spanish civilizations of Central and South America there are more questions than answers surrounding the culture of Teotihuacan. From village communities, at around 200 B.C., there developed an urban civilization in the highlands of Mexico. Over the centuries it produced huge, precisely constructed pyramids for cultic purposes. In the 8th century A.D. Teotihuacan suffered a catastrophic collapse.
76) Mexico
Author
Series
Ancient peoples and places volume 29
Publisher
Frederick A. Praeger
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
77) Ancient Mexico
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the art of ancient Mexico, what it shows us about the ancient cultures there and how it inspires artists today.
78) The Maya
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Shows how the ancient Mayan people lived by describing their social, economic, political, religious, and cultural life, and looks at how archaeologists learn about ancient civilizations.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. This program highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that cracked the code, unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization.
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