Take a trip through Central America and parts of Mexico from ancient times to the present as we trace the rise and fall of a great civilization that mysteriously disappeared, as John Stephens and his assistant describe in his books written in the 1840’s, encountering unrest and revolution on the Americas and discovering a civilization that had been abandoned centuries before. We see images of the ruins drawn by Mr. Catherwood in great detail, giving us an idea of what it was like at that time, as well as viewing present day photos taken by Saunders in his travels to the region.

We will discuss the arrival of the Europeans, and later the Americans who came to this land, what they found and how they influenced the culture they found there. This is an opportunity to go deeper into the history of our neighbors to our south and gain a further appreciation for the cross fertilization of our cultures and practices.