With the opening of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, there is a lot of discussion on the Mayan Empire and its collapse. While we know that the movie is not quite historically accurate, there have been some really interesting articles published in its wake.
National Geographic has some really fun articles, including an interview with a Mayan scholar
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061208-apocalypto-mel.html
An artist's rendering shows the ancient Maya trading city of El Mirador
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061207-apocalypto.html
And a video with of Maya expert Richard Hansen excavating a Mayan tomb
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061205-apocalypto.html
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