Controlling trade and tribute. They presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. Maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. When the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civilization was organized. So its really through the inscriptions that weve been able to identify kings, to find out their capitals, their seats of power. And through this, we recognize now that there were many kingdoms. There was no unified maya state. There wasnt even just a few states. There were many, many states. narrator the first inroads into understanding the maya were made by spanish missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed in the imperial wake of hernan cortes. Their discoveries included the ruins at copan. But interest in the lost civilizaon began to accelerate in the 18th century when father antonio de
But long ago, it was the world of the maya. Not an empire, nor a country, the classic maya culture flourished from the third to the ninth century in a far flung collection of citystates. At palenque, tonina, bonampak and other cities, dynastic kings ruled absolutely, controlling trade and tribute. They presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. Maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. When the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civilization was organized. So its really through the inscriptions that weve been able to identify kings, to find out their capitals, their seats of power. And through this, we recognize now that there were many kingdoms. There was no unified maya state. There wasnt even just a few states. There were many, many states. narrator the first inroads into understanding the
At palenque, tonina, bonampak and other cities, dynastic kings ruled absolutely, controlling trade and tribute. They presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. Maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. When the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civilization was organized. So its really through the inscriptions that weve been able to identify kings, to find out their capitals, their seats of power. And through this, we recognize now that there were many kingdoms. There was no unified maya state. There wasnt even just a few states. There were many, many states. narrator the first inroads into understanding the maya were made by spanish missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed in the imperial wake of hernan cortes. Their discoveries included the ruins at copan. But interest in th
Gorilla grabbed the little boy around the enclosure. Listen as the boys mother is pleading with her child to stay calm. Mommys right here. Oh my oh my god just calm down. Isaiah. Back up. Okay. Mommy loves you. Im right here. My son. No. Hes playing. Hes sitting there. No, no. Please protect him. Isaiah, be calm, be calm. Be calm. Be calm. Oh my god. You know, it is terrifying to watch. I can tell you that the zoo is set to hold a News Conference next hour. Well hear more what the zoo saying. Lets go to Jessica Schneider. Its horrifying to listen to this mother telling her child to be calm as youre watching this whole thing play out. Watching this gorilla. What is the zoo saying . Reporter yeah. The zoo is saying, brooke, they had no choice in this matter. They say that the danger was eminent to the 3yearold child and had to act. They had the Dangerous Animal Response Team that moved in and initially tried to lure the gorilla aside out of the exhibit and didnt work. After tenter if iin