"1997. 240 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - To the four great calligraphic traditions - ancient Egyptian, East Asian, Islamic, and western European - we must now add a fifth: that of the ancient Maya. Long known but little understood, it has recently experienced a revolution in decipherment, shedding bright light on what had been a mystery. Making full u ..."
"Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has reached the point that most Maya texts—whether inscribed on the monuments, written in the codices, or painted or incised on ceramics—can now be read with some confidence. The "breaking of the Maya code" has completely changed our knowledge of this ancient civilization, and has given the Maya people a long and vivid history lacking in other areas of the pre-Columbian New World. In the recent ..."