In Search of History Mexico's Great Pyramids
This program goes to Mexico to unravel the enigmatic history of Teotihuacán, a 2,000-year-old urban wonder and one of the largest settlements of the ancient world.
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2010], c1997.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col. |
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Table of Contents:
- Teotihuacan: City with No Name (2:44)
- Avenue of the Dead & Pyramid of the Sun (2:40)
- Pyramid of the Moon & the Citadel (1:36)
- Aztec Arrival in Teotihuacan (1:13)
- Migration from Cuicuilco to Teotihuacan (2:23)
- Experimental Civilization and Devaluing the Ruler (2:27)
- Absence of a Written Language (1:34)
- Community Over Individual (1:44)
- Evidence of Human Sacrifice (3:22)
- Victims of Human Sacrifice (2:53)
- Teotihuacano Influence on the Aztecs (1:22)
- Motecuhzoma's Spirituality (3:00)
- Gold,Cortes, & Motecuhzoma (3:03)
- Battle at Teotihuacan (2:16)
- Downfall of Teotihuacan (3:54)
- Descendants of Teotihuacan (4:08)
- Credits: In Search of History: Mexico's Great Pyramids (1:10)