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defen · 2018-02-02 · Original thread
You might also be interested in "Breaking the Maya Code" which is a great historical account of the decipherment of Maya script.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Maya-Code-Third-Michael/dp/0...

walterbell · 2016-01-29 · Original thread
There's a PBS documentary on deciphering the glyphs of the lost Mayan language. The modern Mayans now teach the lost language in schools, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ppfC6y-5s. Corresponding book: "Breaking the Maya Code", http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Maya-Code-Third-Michael/dp/05...
walterbell · 2015-04-30 · Original thread
There a PBS documentary on deciphering the glyphs of the lost Mayan language, which has been so valuable to the history of the Mayan people that they began teaching the lost language in schools: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ppfC6y-5s

There's also a corresponding book, Breaking the Maya Code, http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Maya-Code-Third-Michael/dp/05...

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