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A Forest of Kings : The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya, Paperback / softback Book

A Forest of Kings : The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya Paperback / softback

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The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people.

With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya.

Structured on sound scholarly principles, their presentation abounds in notes, references, indexes, and chronologies with profuse line-drawings of temple and other inscriptions.

They devote a chapter to each of the major Mayan city-states.

What makes this volume more accessible and of greater impact than the average scholarly study are the frequent vignettes of great events, kingly acts, etc., told dramatically, in a fictive but plausible style that allows the ancient Maya at last to speak for themselves.

Recommended for informed laypersons, as well as specialist and young adult readers.

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