Lost Treasures of the Maya: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The great cities of the Maya stand like sentinels within the vast jungles of central America. But despite more than a century of intrepid archaeology, most of the ancient Maya world has remained unseen and unexplored. Now that's all about to change. A massive research project is creating an extraordinary "treasure map" of the Maya world from the air, and what it reveals is astounding archaeologists, because it seems that the Maya not only created spectacular cities, but managed and manipulated their landscape on an almost industrial scale to supply food and water for urban populations far bigger than anyone had ever imagined. It all adds up to a complete rethinking of the sheer scale and sophistication of one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilisations.

Series details

• Title: Lost Treasures of the Maya
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2019-03-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 41250
• TVDB ID: 360608

Cast and credited roles

• Albert Lin — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-03-04; final listed air date 2019-03-25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lost Treasures of the Maya on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.