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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Directed By: Gary Glassman

Written By: Gary Glassman

  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Feb 13, 2001
  • 55 m
  • TV-PG
  • PBS
  • Feb 13, 2001
  • 55 m
NOVA
S28 • Episode 4
Lost King of the Maya
Air Date: Feb 13, 2001
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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Created By: Scott Tiffany

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 16, 2001
Sultan's Lost Treasure
Episode 2 • Jan 30, 2001 • 1 h
Vanished!
Episode 3 • Feb 6, 2001
Nazi Prison Escape
Episode 4 • Feb 13, 2001 • 55 m
Lost King of the Maya
A group of archaeologists explore the early history of the Maya by examining excavations and hieroglyphs at the Mayan city of Copán.
Episode 5 • Feb 27, 2001
Cancer Warrior
Episode 6 • Mar 27, 2001
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor
Episode 7 • Apr 3, 2001
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions
Episode 8 • Apr 10, 2001
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds
Episode 9 • Apr 17, 2001 • 2 h
Cracking the Code of Life
Episode 10 • Apr 24, 2001 • 2 h
Harvest of Fear
A two hour joint report by Frontline and Nova on genetically-modified (GM) food crops.
Episode 11 • Oct 2, 2001
Search for a Safe Cigarette
Episode 12 • Oct 9, 2001
18 Ways to Make a Baby
Episode 13 • Oct 23, 2001
Secrets of the Mind
A man who can "see" without seeing; amputees who feel pain in limbs that are gone; a man who believes his parents are impostors; and an epileptic who believes he is God: a neuroscientist gives the viewer insight into these strange cases.
Episode 14 • Oct 30, 2001
Sex: Unknown
Episode 15 • Nov 6, 2001
Russia's Nuclear Warriors
Episode 16 • Nov 11, 2001 • 1 h 30 m
Bioterror
Three New York Times reporters studying biological weapons before, during and after 9/11, end up being the target of an actual anthrax attack.
Episode 17 • Nov 20, 2001
Life's Greatest Miracle
Sequel to "Miracle of Life" Trace human development from embryo to newborn through the stunning microimagery of photographer Lennart Nilsson. John Lithgow narrates.
Episode 18 • Dec 11, 2001
Methuselah Tree
Episode 19 • Dec 25, 2001
Flying Casanovas
51 Seasons

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Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator

Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Stacy Keach

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Eric Meyers

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Narrated By

Lance Lewman

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Will Lyman

Narrator, Self (narrator), Self - Narrator

Neil Ross

Narrator, Self, Self - Narrator

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Thomas

Narrator, Narrator - World War II Veteran, Self - Narrator

Talithia Williams

Self - Narrator, Self, Narrator

David Pogue

Self - Host, Self - Technology Reporter, New York Times, Self, Self - New York Times Tech Columnist

Mercer Boffey

Self, Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self - narrator

David Ogden Stiers

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Miles O'Brien

Self - Narrator, Self - Host, Reporter, Self, Self - Correspondent

Gene Galusha

Self - Narrator

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self, Narrator, Host, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Self - Narrator, narrator

Don Wescott

Self (narrator), Narrator

David Attenborough

Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter, Self - Host

Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Self, Self - University of Maryland, Self - Brown University

Andre Fenton

Self, Co-Hist, Co-Host, Self - New York University

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