Who Killed the Maya?

Who Killed the Maya retells the story of how one of history’s greatest civilisations, which thrived for over 2,000 years, mysteriously disappeared. Dr Nikolai Gruber, an expert on the Mayan civilisation, explores the Guatemalan jungles that were once controlled by this fallen culture in order to understand what caused its collapse around AD 900.

The documentary delves into great detail about a society that was Central America’s most dominant culture for more than seven centuries. It highlights a variety of spiritual concepts central to the culture, its counting system, its calendar, its scientific achievements and artistry, and its network of city-states stretching from the Yucatán Peninsula in southern Mexico to modern-day Honduras. Notably, the Maya’s approach to warfare focused more on damaging infrastructure and capturing prisoners than on killing their enemies.