An authoritative survey of Angkor and the Khmer civilization that incorporates revelations from new discoveries that are completely rewriting history.
Michaela Coel Livres
Michael D. Coe était un archéologue et anthropologue américain, réputé pour ses recherches approfondies sur la civilisation Maya. Ses contributions savantes ont considérablement fait progresser notre compréhension de cette culture ancienne. Le travail de Coe a exploré leurs structures sociétales complexes, leur écriture hiéroglyphique complexe et leurs profondes croyances cosmologiques. Il a donné vie au monde Maya pour un public plus large grâce à ses écrits captivants et faisant autorité.
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Breaking the Maya Code
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
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
- 64pages
- 3 heures de lecture
First Published in Great Britan by Oberon Books 2013.
The Maya
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
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
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
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.