Lost Cities of the Maya (History / Documentary for Sleep)

In this episode, I take you on a tour of lost Maya cities and to the discovery of the main aspects of their civilization: history, culture, architecture, art, religion, astronomy, society… We will visit sites like Nakbe, El Mirador, Tikal, or Chichen Itza and try to understand how ancient Maya cities thrived in Mesoamerica before and during the First Millenium, before they suffered catastrophic urban collapse and went almost forgotten for centuries.

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Credits: Script by The French Whisperer ASMR and Olimpia, Narration by Olimpia, visuals by the French Whisperer ASMR, under Wikipedia Commons, or under license from Panthermedia, Freepik, Canstock, and Shutterstock.

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Timestamps:
00:00 The Maya Civilization
04:25 The Rediscovery of the Maya and Cradles of Civilization
12:12 Rise of the Maya Nakbe and El Mirador
18:35 Urban Collapse
22:04 Mayan Languages
24:21 Codices
27:10 Maya Writing System
29:21 Classic Period and Tikal
38:21 Maya Art and Architecture
42:29 Mathematics and Astronomy
48:11 Chichen Itza and PostClassic Period
52:35 Religion
58:46 Society
06:06 Spanish Invasion and Colonial Times to our Day