Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Palenque Palenque, known as the queen of Maya cities, fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. This title documents the city's graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. It describes a lost world of palace intrigue and of patron gods and revered ancestors.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 26 October 2008
- Format: Hardback 272 pages
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- Categories: History Of The Americas | Social & Cultural History | Archaeology By Period / Region
- ISBN 13: 9780500051566 ISBN 10: 0500051569
- Sales rank: 649,035
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Full description for Palenque
Palenque, known as the queen of Maya cities, fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-and-son team George and David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists and archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque and attempted to document the city's graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war and peace, of brilliant architects and sculptors, of patron gods and revered ancestors, and of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders and farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence and relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists and all those fascinated by the history of the Maya.
