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  The crew of a converted French trawler studies ancient Mayan civilization and strives to acquire the science and mathematics expertise to understand it.  Adventures develop observation, hypothesis formation, data collection, and analysis skills. See also "Voyage of the Mimi,"  26/15.

• Episodes 

  1. In “A Charter to the Past,” two archaeologists dive off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula in search of ancient cargo. (14:41)   2. “If I Can Do This” features the National Disabled Ski Championships. (14:21)   3. “A Tomb in the Jungle” takes the crew to the ruins at Palenque, which include the tomb of Pacal. (14:43)   4. “Sweating It Out” goes to the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine to learn how bodies stay cool in hot environments. (14:24)   5. “A Light in the Dark” includes a mysterious boat off the coast of Tulum and the remains of a fire in a temple. (14:42)   6. “As the Earth Turns” goes to Tulum during the winter solstice and to the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. (14:22)   7. “The Underworld” includes the discovery of half of a Maya monument (a stela) on the ocean floor. (14:41)   8. “The Incredible Shrinking Head” goes to the North American Hyperbaric Institute to learn about the effects of air and water pressure. (14:28)   9. “A Stone Puzzle” takes the crew to Coba where they find the rest of the stela and decipher glyphs. (14:46)   10. “Feeling the Pressure” goes100 feet below sea level in a hyperbaric chamber to learn about the effects of pressure. (14:27)   11. “Cracking the Code” features a computer program that converts numbers from Arabic to Mayan. (14:45)   12. “Written In Stone” visits the Honduran ruins of Capan and features the site director of archaeology and one of the world’s leading interpreters of hieroglyphics. (14:08)   13. “The Quest Begins” takes crewmembers to Merida to test the authenticity of a pot and to visit a suspected relic looter’s curio shop. (14:49)   14. “The Ancient Farm” goes to Butser Ancient Farm in southern England, where scientists test archaeological theories using Iron Age methods. (14:25)   15. “A Road to Danger” introduces crewmembers to jungle plants and animals as they hike an ancient road. (14:45)   16. “A Scorpion Tale” goes to the University of Mexico to learn about venom. (14:26)   17. “A Friendly Village” explains ancient and modern medical treatments for scorpion bites. (14:40)   18. “Curandera” addresses ancient medicine and features an ethno biologist and an aged healer (curandera); visits to a medicinal plant market and a lab where plant chemical compounds are studied are included. (14:26)   19. “Discoveries” includes the discovery of an underground river and a looter’s plot. (14:42)   20. “Up a Tree” goes to Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud forest to learn about ecosystems in a fig tree’s canopy. (14:27)   21. In “Found and Lost,” the crew tails the looter to discover his underground route. (14:44)   22. “In the Canopy” shows how epiphytes (air plants) are gathered and sorted in a lab. (14:27)   23. “The Fate of a King” shows how a looter is foiled, and the crew discovers the tomb of an ancient king. (14:40)   24. “One Stone at a Time” goes to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to see stonecutters using ancient and modern building techniques. (14:27)

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