An authoritative survey of Angkor and the Khmer civilization that incorporates revelations from new discoveries that are completely rewriting history.
Michaela Coel Libri
Michael D. Coe è stato un archeologo e antropologo americano, rinomato per la sua vasta ricerca sulla civiltà Maya. I suoi contributi accademici hanno significativamente fatto progredire la nostra comprensione di questa antica cultura. Il lavoro di Coe si è addentrato nelle loro complesse strutture sociali, nella loro intricata scrittura geroglifica e nelle loro profonde credenze cosmologiche. Ha dato vita al mondo Maya per un pubblico più ampio attraverso i suoi scritti coinvolgenti e autorevoli.
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Breaking the Maya Code
- 304pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Presents the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the great decipherment of an ancient Maya script revised with the advanced developments. This title features 113 illustrations that provide details about the people and texts that have enabled us to read the Maya script.
Chewing Gum Dreams
- 64pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
First Published in Great Britan by Oberon Books 2013.
The Maya
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Featuring stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul, this book includes the discovery of an underwater cavern of the earliest known occupant of the region, the Hoyo Negro girl, and evidence for the first architecture at Ceibal.
Mexico
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
An introduction to the regions ancient civilizations. It explores how several spectacular new discoveries have thrown more light on the Olmec culture, Mexicos earliest civilization.
While Europe was buried in the Dark Ages, the Maya were producing astonishing sculpture, stelae and wall murals, as well as building magnificent temples, tombs and ball courts. This book pairs the leading Maya scholar and world's finest photographers of ancient sites to trace the rise and fall of Mayan civilization through its great royal cities.