Mystery of the Maya: IMAX

ShareThisShot at numerous sacred sites throughout Central America -- including the ruins at Palenque, Chichén Itzá and Uxmal -- this 1997 IMAX film explores the Mayan people's culture, science and history. While Europe slumbered in the midst of the Dark Ages, the innovative Mayan civilization had already charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and made tremendous strides in mathematics.