The thousand years of Tikal- Maya spring, after the volcano, golden age to fall, city in the jungle, feeding the multitude; the classic Maya - pyramids and palaces, the classic Yucatin styles, the plastic arts, the science of time, Maya writing, religion and society; the ruins of Tikal- the temple of the Great Jaguar, the three acropoli, along the four causeways; fall, revival and conquest - the fall of Tikal, Maya revival, the Spanish Conquest, early explorers, modern excavations.