Forest of Kings The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

Name: Forest of Kings The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
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ISBN: 9780688112042

ISBN-10: 0688112048

ISBN-13: 9780688112042

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Authors: David Freidel, Linda Schele

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The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of pre-Columbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of their writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/24/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.97" wide x 10.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Linda Schele (1942–1998) was the John D. Murchison Regents Professor of Art in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, and was an internationally recognized authority on deciphering the Maya script.