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http://firstrunfeatures.com/mayacodedvd.html Based on archaeologist Michael Coe's book and filmed in nine countries, Breaking the Maya Code is the amazing st...
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- First Run Features
Based on the best-selling book by Michael Coe, called by the New York Times "one of the great stories of 20th century scientific discovery", the documentary traces the epic quest to unlock the ...
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- Cineverse
Sep 26, 2009 · This is one of 8 scenes available on YouTube from the 2-hour documentary film Breaking the Maya Code, the winner of 5 Best Picture awards at International film festivals. For more on the...
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- Night Fire Films
Now available via download and streaming as well as on DVD. The complex and beautiful Maya hieroglyphic script was until recently the world’s last major undeciphered writing system. Its decoding has unlocked the secrets of one of mankind’s greatest civilizations.
Breaking the Maya Code: Directed by David Lebrun. With Michael D. Coe, Ian Graham, Nikolai Grube, Peter Mathews. The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last great untranslated writing systems.
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- Documentary, Mystery
- David Lebrun
- 2008-05-05
With a smaller crew and a less imposing camera package, we filmed village ceremonies, interviews with Maya teachers and ceremonialists, and classrooms where the results of the decipherment are being re-integrated into Maya culture.
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