"The Blood of Kings." AD 650, Europe was plunged into the darkest of the Dark Ages. But half a world away - in Central America - massive stone pyramids soared to the sky, plazas teemed with people, ball games were being played on highly decorated courts and majestic temples towered over these scenes. The ancient Maya had created a civilization of dazziling power and sophistication. What was it that held the Mayan society together? How did the ruling elite maintain the loyalty of their people, making possible a culture that could produce the New World's most complicated writing system, astonishingly complex mathematics and astronomical calculations that continue to amaze us today? The answer reads like an archaeological detective story. It reveals a society in the thrall of its godlike kings and reaches its climax in the dark rituals of human sacrifice and royal mutilation - in the name of the cult "The Blood of Kings"
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