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The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform. This book provides a history of the interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs. Introductory essays offer the historical context and describe the personalities and theories of the many authors who contributed to the understanding of these ancient glyphs.


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  • Author : Stephen D. Houston
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Total Pages : 584 pages
  • ISBN : 9780806132044
  • PDF File Size : 21,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing

The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • File Size : 30,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 23 May 2024
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The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of

Reading the Maya Glyphs (Second Edition)

Reading the Maya Glyphs (Second Edition)
  • Publisher : Thames & Hudson
  • File Size : 36,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 June 2005
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The breaking of the Maya code has completely changed our knowledge of this ancient civilization, and has revealed the Maya people's long and vivid history. Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing

Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • File Size : 54,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 October 2022
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public

Maya Script

Maya Script
  • Publisher : Abbeville Press
  • File Size : 43,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 23 May 2024
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Some give us portraits of the great leaders who played important roles in the rise of this extraordinary culture. The complexity of their incredible calendar and astronomical calculations reveals a

Understanding Maya Inscriptions

Understanding Maya Inscriptions
  • Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
  • File Size : 37,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 January 1997
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This second edition includes revised and updated versions of three earlier publications: Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook; New and Recent Maya Hieroglyph Readings; and A Resource Bibliography for the

Breaking the Maya Code

Breaking the Maya Code
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 55,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 August 1994
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This is the story of how the Mayan glyphs found in the ancient ruins of Copan and other Mayan sites have been deciphered within the last 20 years. Michael Coe worked

New Theories on the Ancient Maya

New Theories on the Ancient Maya
  • Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
  • File Size : 22,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 January 1992
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Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the

A Forest of Kings

A Forest of Kings
  • Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
  • File Size : 29,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 24 January 1992
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The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the