pyramids

Twenty-five hundred years before Rome, ancient Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. (100 min, 11 segments)

Complete the mysterious puzzle of the Maya civilization in Mexico and Guatemala through cumulative discoveries from the history of Mayan archaeology. (36 min, 4 segments)

This documentary reveals that shamans were the first healers and scientists and are responsible for early human evolution. (50 min, 7 segments)

From the Temple-Pyramids at Tikal, to the royal tomb at Palenque, to the star observatory at Chichen Itza, this episode examines the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the ancient Maya civilization. (45 minutes in 5 segments)

The huge ancient city and pyramid site at Caral, Peru is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilization in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology - a ‘mother city’. (49:03 min video)