The fall of the Maya / Arkios Productions in association with The Archaeological Institute of America at Boston University and The Learning Channel ; director, Marianna Edmunds.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Edmunds, Marianna, director.

Grant, Eleanor, screenwriter.

Charbonneau, Pierre, screenwriter.

Rhys-Davies, John, narrator.

Jordan, Albert, narrator.

Arkios Productions, producer.

Archaeological Institute of America, producer.

Learning Channel (Firm), producer.

New Dominion Pictures, distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--History.

Mayas.

History.

Mayas--Honduras--History.

Copán Site (Honduras).

Honduras.

Genre:

Television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (23 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

On cassette label: Fall of Maya

Place of Publication:

Suffolk, VA : New Dominion Pictures, [1992]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Until 1965, the ancient Maya were thought to have been a mysterious but peaceful people governed by astronomer-priests. But then Russian linguist Yuri Knorosov cracked the phonetic code of Maya hieroglyphics. Today, researchers are revealing stories of Maya blood sacrifice, uncovering a world far different from their expectations. This program shows how, from excavations deep in the Honduran jungle to the most recently interpreted hieroglyphic writings, the story is being unraveled of the rise and fall of the Maya.

Participant:

Narrators, John Rhys-Davies, Albert Jordan.

Credits:

Senior scriptwriter, Eleanor Grant; script writer, Pierre Charbonneau; editor, François Valcour.

Notes:

Videocassette of a program from the television series Archaeology.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

249392536