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Who Killed the Maya

This video series was very interesting to watch because I really had no real knowledge of this culture or what they were about. It is so hard to believe that one person who wanted so much power would have been the catalyst so many years later to have a people destroy themselves. One of the key points I felt this video shared would be that of hidden history. This group of people has so much history, a 2000 year old history chock full of so many details. Researchers have unearthed artifacts and walls with hieroglyphics to spell out some of the events. It goes from rituals the culture had to who ruled them and where they moved from or to. Each drawing becomes another piece to the puzzle.
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