The ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico was home to one of the most powerful and least understood civilizations. The civilization appeared out of nowhere to build some of the largest pyramids in the world, only to mysteriously vanish almost one thousand years later. National Geographic follows the ground-breaking excavations that have completely changed what was previously known or thought about the civilization of Teotihuacán.
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) BDRip x264-GHiA
Language: English
02:25:08 | 848 x 352 | x264 1000 Kbps | 23.976 fps | AAC 6ch 128 Kbps | 1302 MB Genre: Drama | Romance
In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.