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  Breaking the Maya Code (Paperback) By (author) Michael D. Coe

  

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  Short Description for Breaking the Maya Code Coe's classic inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time--the last decoding of an ancient script--has been updated to reflect the fast-changing advancements in decipherment. 112 illustrations.
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  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Published: 01 October 1999
  • Format: Paperback 304 pages
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  • Categories: Linguistics | Palaeography (history Of Writing) | Indigenous Peoples | History Of The Americas | Archaeology
  • ISBN 13: 9780500281338 ISBN 10: 0500281335
  • Sales rank: 368,806

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• Among the more exciting advances to be described are: the discovery of the specific Maya language and sophisticated grammar used by the ancient scribes on stone monuments and painted vases; archaeological explorations of tombs and buildings of the ancient founders of the great city of Copan, whose very existence had been predicted by epigraphers through glyphic decipherment; the realization that many small city-states were dominated by two rival giants, Tikal and Calakmul, through a potent combination of military conquest, diplomacy, and royal marriages.