Secrets of the Maya Underworld

"Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake. Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events of extraterrestrial origin."

The Lost Pyramids Of Caral

The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilization in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology - a 'mother city'. If so, then these extraordinary findings could finally answer one of the great questions of archaeology: why did humans become civilized? Controversial in its finding, disproving the theory that civilization originated through warfare, but through trade and agriculture. Still though, an explanation as to how these great structures were built by such primitive minds is yet to be found. Or is it our perception that we think they were primitive. Considering it was built in a time of peace, maybe they knew somthing we are yet to learn.