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What Do the Mayan Glyphs Say?
Year
2013
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
How can the strikingly similar structural features of the Mayan and ancient Egyptian writing systems be explained? Continue the exploration of how Mayan writing works through a comparison with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Then find out what scholars have learned about ancient Maya civilization from decipherment, and examine a series of fascinating (and even humorous) inscriptions.