Nova

Season 2 Episode 16: The Lost World of the Maya

51 Seasons Mar 30, 1975 TV-PG 55m 8

For over a thousand years the Mayan civilization grew and flourished in the rain forests of Central America. Discovered and finally destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadors, it was lost again until explorers brought it to light in the 19th century. Eric Thompson, an archaeologist who has had a 45 year love affair with the Maya, takes NOVA on a pilgrimage through the Mayan world, visiting, on the way, all the great ruined cities he has known for half a century.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Why Do Birds Sing?

1. Why Do Birds Sing?

Aired: Nov 3, 1974

NOVA travels to forests and marshes to discover why birds sing and finds surp...

Episode 4 The Secrets of Sleep

4. The Secrets of Sleep

Aired: Nov 24, 1974

Most of us spend one-third of our lives in a state of which we understand rem...

Episode 7 Red Sea Coral

7. Red Sea Coral

Aired: Dec 15, 1974

NOVA joins a group of English biologists living literally on a platform in th...

Episode 12 The Lysenko Affair

12. The Lysenko Affair

Aired: Feb 9, 1975

NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early ...

Episode 13 The Tuaregs

13. The Tuaregs

Aired: Feb 16, 1975

High in the Hoggar Mountains, in the exact center of the Sahara desert, lives...

Episode 15 The Other Way

15. The Other Way

Aired: Mar 16, 1975

Since the Industrial Revolution, bigger has been better. NOVA profiles E.F. S...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary