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This video covers: An overview of the Maya people: where they originated and where they lived.
This video covers: A description of the Maya building techniques and the tools they used
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This video covers: A look at the Ancient Maya form of writing, the hieroglyphs and a mention of the Dresden Codex
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This video covers: A description of the crops the Maya grow and the food they ate.
This video covers: Some of the challenges faced by Maya farmers and how they overcame them with raised terraces, aqueducts and...
This video covers: A brief look at the Ancient Maya numbering system which was based on 20 rather than 10 like ours is now.
This video covers: A look at the two calendars; the Tzolk'in and the Haab and how important they were to the Maya people.
This video covers: Medicine, doctors, midwives and healers; also a look at the illnesses and treatments they used.
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This video covers: A description of ulama, the Ancient Maya sport played in a ball court.
This video covers: An overview of life for an ordinary Maya family; work, school, child punishments!
This video covers: Details of a typical Ancient Maya home and the things they used
This video covers: An outline of some of the gods the Ancient Maya worshop and their practice of human sacrifice
This video covers: A look at why the Ancient Maya believed in sacrifice and how they carried it out - not too gruesome but not for...
This video covers: A look at some of the reasons why the Maya civilization may have disappeared