Lost Kingdoms of South America

South America has witnessed the emergence of some of the most intriguing and diverse ancient cultures in the world.

From the tropical Caribbean coast of Colombia to the frozen Andean peaks of Bolivia, the wet cloud forests of the Amazon to the dry deserts of the Atacama in Peru, the stories of four different pre-Incan cultures and the different pathways they took to social complexity are being explored in Lost Kingdoms of South America, a new BBC4 series broadcast in the UK and presented by British Museum curator Jago Cooper.

Lost Kingdoms of South America is on BBC Four at 21.00 on Mondays, 14 January – 4 February 2013