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Dawn Of The Maya uncovers astounding evidence of a society that flourished in the deep jungles of Guatemala long before the time of Jesus Christ. Beneath the jungle lie ancient revelations of complex iconography, florescence clues to a dynasty of pre-classic king, elaborate palaces and dazzling rituals. At the Mayan city of Cival, Guatemalan archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli walking in a tunnel left by looters, by sheer chance, discovers a massive face mask of a sun god carved on the wall of the main temple pyramid. The program also records the discovery of the oldest intact Maya mural ever found in what may be the largest pyramid ever built. It's like Jerusalem for the Maya - or their own Sistine Chapel. A dynasty of kings, their names forgotten for centuries have recorded in temples lost for two millennia, the Maya story of creation. These crumbling walls provide a window to their lives, births and marriages as well as their battles and deaths. Builders of magnificent cities, the Maya were among the greatest architects of the western hemisphere and their astronomers mapped celestial movement with astonishing accuracy. Every thought and fact under the sun could be expressed in their intricate hieroglyphs and their remorseless warriors fought bloody wars of conquest.