A Forest of Kings: Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A Forest of Kings The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, this work provides a fresh look at the Maya. It also presents notes, references, indexes, and chronologies with line-drawings of temple and other inscriptions.
Full description- Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW
- Published: 14 October 1993
- Format: Paperback 544 pages
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- Categories: Society & Culture: General | History Of The Americas | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Social & Cultural History | Archaeology | Travel & Holiday Guides
- ISBN 13: 9780688112042 ISBN 10: 0688112048
- Sales rank: 200,770
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Full description for A Forest of Kings
The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya. Structured on sound scholarly principles, their presentation abounds in notes, references, indexes, and chronologies with profuse line-drawings of temple and other inscriptions. They devote a chapter to each of the major Mayan city-states. What makes this volume more accessible and of greater impact than the average scholarly study are the frequent vignettes of great events, kingly acts, etc., told dramatically, in a fictive but plausible style that allows the ancient Maya at last to speak for themselves. Recommended for informed laypersons, as well as specialist and young adult readers.
