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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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The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script, carved on monuments, painted on pottery, and dr...
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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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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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- 2008-05-05
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 was eleven years in the making. It originated with a conversation between director David Lebrun and archaeologist Michael Coe (author of the book “Breaking the Maya Code”) at the 1997 Maya Meetings at the University of Texas in Austin, and began production with extensive filmed interviews with Mayanist Linda Schele in ...
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Detail from drawing of a carved hieroglyphic text in Temple XIV, Palenque. 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.