In fact, the top crops in the Mayan diet are some of the most popular ingredients in Mexican cuisine: cacao, papayas, ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture ... them to recover and reconnect to the parts of their history that were so brutally destroyed by the invading ...

Maya farming was successful because of the accurate and detailed calendars people used. The Tzolkin calendar was also known as the Sacred calendar. It was 260 days long and it was used to keep ...

and the complex Maya calendar. Contrasts are made with British civilisation at the time. This short film is from the BBC series, History of Early Civilisations - Maya. Through parodies of reality ...