Record audience in January for RMC Découverte with the series “Rise and fall of Maya”.
The first episode, “From the Origins to the Fall”, set the channel’s prime-time record for the season, with 455,000 viewers.
The apogee of the Maya civilization took place between 250 and 900 AD. Around 900 AD, a strange phenomenon occurred: the Maya cities were abandoned. But how can this be explained? Why, at the height of their civilization, did the Maya abandon their most sumptuous cities, temples, pyramids and palaces?