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Forest of Kings, - The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

By: William Morrow

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (William Morrow)

MSRP old price: $14.99


Product Info

Title
Forest of Kings, - The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
1990
Pages
542
Dimensions
7x10x1.25"
NKG Part #
2148008823
Type
Softcover

Description

The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of pre-Columbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of their writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished under great kings like Shield-Jaguar, who ruled for more than sixty years, expanding his kingdom and building some of the most impressive works of architecture in the ancient world. Long placed on a mist-shrouded pedestal as austere, peaceful stargazers, the Maya elites are now known to have been the rulers of populous, aggressive city-states