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— The initial script for this video was researched by Dr David Miano from The World of Antiquity. Subscribe to his channel for more Mayans content:-

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29:53 - I - To Distant Lands

48:55 - II - Into The Deep Forest

1:08:30 - III - Written In The Rocks

1:45:38 - IV - Origins

2:05:39 - V - Apogee

2:37:50 - VI - Land of the Living

3:03:28 - VII - Where Gods Walked

3:40:20 VIII - End of An Age

4:05:06 IX - The Long Count

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--- Some of the books I used for the video:-

A Forest of Kings - Linda Schele

Jungle of Stone - William Carlsen

The Ruins of Time - David Adamson

The Blood of Kings - Schele & Miller

From the Mouth of the Dark Cave - Bassie-Sweet

The Highest Altar - Patrick Tierney

Popol Vuh - Dennis Tedlock

The Mayas of the Classic Period - Falcon

Round Trip From Poptun - Albert Lisi

The Gods & Symbols of Ancient Mexico & the Maya - Miller/Taube

Aztecs & Maya - N. James

The Maya - Michael D Coe

Mexico - Michael D Coe

Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya - Michael D Coe

Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology

Pre-Columbian Art - Esther Pasztory

Painting the Maya Universe - Dorie Reents-Sudet

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens - Martin & Grube

The Maya & Teotihuacan - Brasell

Conquistadors - Michel Wood

Warlords of Ancient Mexico - Tsouras

The Mesoamerican Ballgame - Scarborough & Wilcox

Mexico & the Spanish Conquest - Ross Hassig

Olmec Archaeology & Early Mesoamerica - Pool

Penguin Atlas of North America - Eric Hoemberger

Politics of the Maya Court - Jackson

Classic Maya political History - Patrick Culbert

Ritual, Violence and the fall of the Classic Maya Kings - Iannone

Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands- Demerest

Blood & Beauty - Orr & Koontz

Life Among the Maya - Ronald Wright

The Lost World of Quintana Roo - Michel peissel

Adventuring in Belize - Hoffman

The Conquest of New Spain - Bernal Diaz

The Four Voyages - Christopher Columbus

Account of the Affairs of Yucatan - Diego De landa

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