NOVA
Season 35 Episode 14 - Cracking the Maya Code
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script, carved on monuments, painted on pottery, and drawn in handmade bark-paper books. For centuries, scholars considered it too complex ever to understand—until recently, when an ingenious series of breakthroughs finally cracked the code and unleashed a torrent of new insights into the Mayas' turbulent past. For the first time, NOVA presents the epic inside story of how the decoding was done—traveling to the remote jungles of southern Mexico and Central America to investigate how the code was broken and what Maya writings now reveal.
Episodes in Season 35
Secrets of the Samurai Sword
55 min
Ghost in Your Genes
55 min
Marathon Challenge
55 min
Sputnik Declassified
55 min
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
55 min
Master of the Killer Ants
55 min
Missing in MiG Alley
55 min
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
55 min
Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero
55 min
Secrets of the Parthenon
55 min
Astrospies
55 min
Ape Genius
55 min
The Four Winged Dinosaur
55 min
Cracking the Maya Code
55 min
Car of the Future
55 min
A Walk to Beautiful
55 min
Lord of the Ants
55 min
