Time Life's Lost Civilizations ★ Mesopotamia - Return to Eden

Emmy Award-Winning 1995 Series - Presented by @Theinformant_x

Step into the shadowy heart of the Maya empire, where god-kings pierced their flesh in blood-soaked ceremonies to commune with divine forces, fueling a golden age of astronomical genius, towering pyramids, and intricate glyphs that rivaled Europe's finest. At its zenith around AD 800, this jungle-shrouded superpower pulsed with unmatched sophistication—yet by 900 AD, it crumbled into eerie silence, its magnificent cities abandoned to vines and riddles that still haunt historians. Uncover the brutal beauty of ritual sacrifice, the secrets of sudden collapse, and the enduring enigmas of a civilization that bled for eternity.