In this book, acclaimed archeologist, travel writer and discoverer of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun, Dr. Sam Osmanagich, travels through South America driven by his curiousity for the Mayan Kingdom. Who were the people that left all those impressive pyramids and other ancient structures for us to find centuries later? What was their way of living and why do they seem to have suddenly disappeared shortly before the arrival of the conquistadors? Is there something we can still learn from and about them all those centuries later? By visiting many of the ancient Mayan sites, Dr. Sam Osmanagich tries to answer exactly those questions and find out more about the mysterious Mayan civilization.