17K views · 319 reactions | A perfect storm of drought, war, and unrest led to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilization. #ancienthistory #archaeology #didyouknow | Ancient Enigma | Facebook

3.9K views · 25 reactions | Journey inside this ancient, newly-discovered cave that was sealed off by its maker – and holds artefacts that may hold the key to the Mayan civilisation's collapse. | National Geographic UK | Facebook

I our final animated historical documentary on the Maya civilization we describe the reasons for its collapse, covering the societal, political, environmental reasons and the Spanish invasion of the region. By the early 8th century the Maya civilization was at its zenith. Building and maintaining cities of such scale that future explorers hypothesized that they must have been built by lost tribes of Israel or the Phoenicians. But only 150 years later the flourishing Classic Maya civilization had