Angkor, the Lost City

Le plus grand temple de l'univers, celui de Angkor Vat, fut retrouvé par Henri Mouhot, archéologue français. Le film raconte l'expédition de Mouhot et l'histoire de cette ville fantôme qui connut en son temps un prestige et un rayonnement comparables à ceux de villes comme Paris et Londres.

Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the fabled pyramids, temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe still slumbered in the Dark Ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and had made tremendous strides in mathematics and calendrics. Without metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel, the Maya were able to construct vast cities. Filmed at numerous sacred sites throughout Central America, Mystery of the Maya explores the culture, science and history of this fascinating people.

A portrait of Venice that explores the rich legacy of art bequeathed to all. Two hundred years ago Canaletto caught its elusive beauty, and in this film details of his pictures rise before you--spired churches and turreted palaces soar into a blue Mediterranean sky.