"Secrets of the Maya Temple" (1959)
Category: Educational
Length: 23:49
| Film ID | F16-4006 |
| Film Description | Film Print of television pilot featuring Museum Director Froelich Rainey and others describing Maya archaeology. Segments Froelich Rainey introduces Maya Civilization A visit to Palenque in Chiapas State, Mexico and reenactment of dig in which the Mayan king Pakal is discovered by a team lead by prominent archaeologist Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier (1906- 1979). (Referred to in the film as Alberto Ruz. Museo Nacional de Antropología) This is film represents an attempt at a television pilot, the series was not picked up. |
| Video Category | Educational |
| Topics | Lhuillier, Alberto Ruz, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, Antiquities, Maya ruins, Archaeological fieldwork, University Museum expeditions |
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