Dr. Mark Van Stone - How Maya Hieroglyphs are written - Demonstration

Mark Van Stone explains how Maya hieroglyphs are constructed, by writing a modern name in phonetic glyphs. Dr. Van Stone is an expert decipherer and calligrapher; author of "2012 - Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya" and co-author of "Reading the Maya Glyphs" with archaeologist Michael Coe.

You can find his books on Amazon, or you can get a cheap digital version or an autographed edition of his 2012 book from his website markvanstone.com

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[markvanstone2012]

Thanks, Bill... Will do, in my voluminous spare time!

[KillMrFist]

Can you please tell me what "Fear" and "Love" is in translation to Maya? Thanks

[markvanstone2012]

@KillMrFist Funny, the Maya have words for these, but rarely use the word by themselves the way that we do. They say "I love you" or "Don't you love chile con carne?" but the word "love" by itself has little meaning. Xibalba, the Maya underworld, means "Place of Fear", but "Xi", "fear", is not something with much meaning out of context. Did you want to design a tattoo or something?

[xINDIANx]

First I must say - Nice marketing tactic by keeping your books displayed in the background. :) Secondly - I'm glad you made this video because now I'm really interested in taking your hieroglyphs course at Southwestern next time it is available. Thank you for sharing - Michelle

[markvanstone2012]

@xINDIANx Sorry, it failed to fill this year; It'll be offered again next spring. Hope to see you!

[sky44david]

Just ordered your book. You have a way of making accessible and enjoyable what can be overly academic and hence to distant for the average person with a desire to learn.

[markvanstone2012]

@sky44david Thanks SD! I try... Hope you get something from it. (If you REALLY like it, review it on Amazon!) If you have questions, check out my website at markvanstone (dot) com .

[2012hoaxorg]

Hi Mark - Bill Hudson from 2012hoax.org & Fremont Peak. Wanted to give you a shout-out and say keep up the good work!

[markvanstone2012]

@EruveoMac Start with "Reading the Maya Glyphs" by Michael Coe and myself. It's There are also two books by John Montgomery, a "Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs and "How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs". Finally there is "Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook" by John F. Harris. The bibliographies in these books will lead you to more specific texts. Note these are all for *Reading*... As for *writing* glyphs, just start practicing. Send experts like me your efforts.

[Stefoquai13]

Huge fan of all your work =)

[ilovety65]

thanx for this!