The lost chronicles of the Maya kings
by David Drew
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"The Chronicles of the Maya Kings are the histories recorded on the reliefs of temple walls, on hieroglyphic stairways, and on stone stelae planted by Maya rulers in the plazas of their cities.".
"In this book, David Drew brings to life this extraordinary civilization. He answers questions about why the Mayas constructed their cities in the hostile setting of the jungle, the exact age of their ruins, and the strange human images depicted in elaborate costume at so many Maya sites. He asks why at the time of the Spanish conquest all knowledge of the Mayas was lost.
He looks at their history, art, architecture, political systems, religion, and, finding that the Maya are not in fact a lost or dead people - there are five million descendants living in Mexico - considers the ways in which their society today illuminates that of their ancestors."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings
December 6, 2004, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0753809893 9780753809891
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The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings
May 27, 2002, University of California Press
Paperback
in English
- 1 edition
0520234588 9780520234581
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The lost chronicles of the Maya kings
1999, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
0297816993 9780297816997
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The lost chronicles of the Maya kings
1999, University of California Press
in English
0520226127 9780520226128
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [426]-440) and index.
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