Coe,
a prominent expert on the Maya, makes the
wealth of knowledge on this great civilization
accessible to the general reader and student
- the best all round book on the Maya
Twenty
years ago, the hieroglyphic inscriptions found
in Mayan ruins were largely unread. Today,
thanks to an extraordinary breakthrough, these
inscribed remains are revealing a history
lost to humanity for a millennium. This book
tells the story of breaking the code.
For
Montezuma, leader of the Aztecs, 1519
was the date of a dire prophesy: the
return of Quetzalcoatl, a fearsome
god predicted to arrive by ship, from
the East, with light skin, a black
beard, robed in black - exactly as
Cortes would.
For
Montezuma, leader of the Mexicans,
1519 was the date of a dire prophesy:
the return of Quetzalcoatl, a fearsome
god predicted to arrive by ship, from
the East, with light skin, a black
beard, robed in black - exactly as
Cortes would.
Travel
with Hugh Thompson as he retraces his trip
20 years ago into the Incan heartland where
he visited lost cities across the Andes -
an excellent history of the Inca people
Lost
Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from
the Babylonians to the Maya
