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El desciframiento de los glifos mayas

Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture.

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  • "The book tells the story of the last great decipherment of an ancient script. Years ago, the ruined monuments of Maya civilization were mute, the hieroglyphic inscriptions on magnificent stelae, temples, and palaces largely unread. Today, thanks to an extraordinary scientific breakthrough, these inscribed remains are revealing a history lost to humanity for a millennium. What do the glyphs tell us about the Maya world? Why did it take nearly a century and a half after the rediscovery of Maya cities to crack the code? Michael Coe is uniquely placed to give the inside story of this revolution in understanding. Himself a world-renowned Maya scholar, he has known or worked with all the main protagonists over the past years. Coe interweaves a riveting tale of intellectual attack and counterattack with a full overview of what we now know about the ancient Maya themselves. Far from being the simple, peace-loving stargazers of Thompson's imagination, they emerge as a much more complex culture: obsessed with warfare, dynastic rivalries and ritual bloodletting, yet creatures of supreme masterpieces in art and architecture. This is a superbly readable detective story, a challenging and informed account of one of the most exciting intellectual adventures of our age. -- from Book Jacket."
  • "Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture."@en
  • "Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture."
  • "Tells the story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan script and of the people who made the breakthroughs."

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
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  • "El desciframiento de los glifos mayas"@en
  • "El desciframiento de los glifos mayas"@es
  • "Breaking the Maya code"@en
  • "Breaking the Maya code"
  • "desciframiento de los glifos mayas"@es
  • "El desciframiento de los glifos mayas"
  • "Breaking the Maya Code"@en
  • "Breaking the Maya Code"
  • "El Desciframiento de los glifos mayas"
  • "Breaking the Maya Code : with 112 illustrations"
  • "Das geheimnis der Maya-schrift : ein code wird entschlüsselt"
  • "Das Geheimnis der Maya-Schrift : ein Code wird entschlüsselt"
  • "Breaking the Maya code : with 112 illustrations"@en
  • "Breaking the Maya code : with 112 illustrations"
  • "El desciframiento de los glifos mayas con 112 ilustraciones"@es
  • "Breaking the Maya code with 112 ill"

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