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An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs / Sylvanus Griswold Morley ; with a new introduction and bibliography by J. Eric S. Thompson

by Sylvanus Morley

An account of the discovery of the ancient Maya civilisation in southern Mexico and neighbouring countries, detailing the gradual decipherment of their unique writing system over the past century.

Accession 1103 ISBN 0486231089 Publisher Dover Publications, Inc.
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