Naachtun: the Forgotten Mayan City | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Naachtun is the last city of the Maya golden age. We know little about it and archaeologists have started excavation just a few years ago. Isolated in the middle of the tropical forest of Guatemala, the researchers are trying to understand how it can have survived for almost 200 years after the collapse of the Mayan civilization in surrounding cities, and in doing so, to shed new light on the history of this people. Using ambitious resources, including 4K HD cameras, drones, and cutting-edge graphics, the result is an exciting adventure combined with an in-depth scientific study. This documentary promises the account of an epic saga.

Documentary: Naachtun, the Forgotten Mayan City (2016)
Directed by: Stéphane Bégoin
Production: Films à Cinq Productions

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[GenuinelyCurious]

I'd happily spend the rest of my life traipsing through the jungles of Meso-America to find these sites. My God, what an adventure!

[sonarbangla]

I am not an archeologist, by profession I am an electrical engineer, yet I find the work of the archeologists digging Maya sites as immensely interesting to find out their way of life and their death. The story of Naachtun and the death of Tikal was so absorbing. The dedication shown by the archeologists in finding out the truth will be a guide to the future of archeology. The life and works of the Mayans corroborate to the celebration of life on earth and what enjoyment they show.

[CurtisWebb-enkh]

Please keep making world class documentaries.Thank you from California.

[mohammedsaysrashid]

A wonderful historical coverage documentary about Maya civilization Naachtun city inside the heart of jangle...thanks for sharing

[ava.artemis]

Very interesting. Would love to see more of the artifacts and learn more about them.

[dianasierras]

Yes, please continue to create these documentaries. They are both fascinating & enlightening.

[jeffdymarczyk]

A massive 20 year drought in Egypt, Nile River was a babbling brook, Recoded in a Scribes house.This drought would have caused many civilizations to collapse all over.

[DanishGSM]

Amazing I say.
Thanks so much for the video and info.

[davidoran]

Our culture should take measure of what happened to the Maya. Deforestation, drought, climate change, political divisions, and warfare all can lead to the downfall of a civilization. Sustainability is crucial.

[keyscook]

Are there speculations from where the builders of these cities originated / migrated from? Thank you for this interesting documentary. Cheers from Seattle!

[skykingimagery]

Fascinating. How do you know the history of these events? What is the record of the rise and fall of various Mayan centers? How were we able to fully restore Tikal? I have traveled and visited Tikal over 30 years ago.

[cjason]

The French guy is talking loud in the helicopter, so the dubber spoke loud 😂😂😂

[tao.of.history]

They used food forest planting, proven through research on one Mayan site for sure, with dozens of edible fruits, nuts, shoots, and medicines in the forest near to, & throughout towns & cities. Agriculture was done within the treed areas. Mixed crops were planted (ex 3 sisters) so the soil almost always has cover, but dozens of native seed types are still cultivated on traditional Mayan farms (not just corn, which ps has lots of nutrients when made into masa.) The agricultural planting is also based on a no dig system so the soil isn’t disturbed like plowing so it stays healthier. Farmers today who still practice traditional Mayan farming say their crops don’t erode like modern monoculture plowed agricultural fields.

[carlosmacmartin]

Interesting documentary 🤔 The Mimbreno also punched holes in pottery.

[MatCendana]

I'm relieved SLICE isn't using _that_ AI-generated voice. The one with the nasal snarl which is too widely used. So much so that I'd just move on instead of watching. Even if the title sounds interesting. That's how much I loath _that_ AI voice!

[beauettu]

I’m curious how they know that putting a hole in the middle of a platter is de-animating the platter and not making it into a colander or funnel. 16:02

[mushmouth]

I don't understand why they don't just use lidar

[jennifermcmillan]

I remember wanting to study archeology. Then in HS, I watched them pull out artifacts and have to get them to storage over very uneven ground. After that, I knew I was not cut out for that work. The first tree root I came to I would fall on my face and shatter a priceless artifact. Such a shame I have crappy proprioception 😂. My heart really would have loved it.

[ochoatv]

I can imagine the last residents leaving to the modern towns and were there was jobs another way of life they called us savages but we had a life that people today want to live off grid eating what we hunt what a cultivated everything natural connected with nature with the stars the rivers respecting nature and living along side nature we were more advance they were the savages

[otfinoskiotfinoski]

I have a question, we are told tropical jungle soils are thin and barren, when the vegetation is cut down, they become sterile and useless yet the Mayan sites are wildly overgrown seems contadictory, shouldnt they be desert-like?