Cracking the Maya Code 6/6

Cracking the Maya Code: The story behind the centuries-long decipherment of ancient Maya hieroglyphs Part 6

The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script, carved on monuments, painted on pottery, and drawn in handmade bark-paper books. For centuries, scholars considered it too complex ever to understand—until recently, when an ingenious series of breakthroughs finally cracked the code and unleashed a torrent of new insights into the Mayas' turbulent past. For the first time, NOVA presents the epic inside story of how the decoding was done—traveling to the remote jungles of southern Mexico and Central America to investigate how the code was broken and what Maya writings now reveal.

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• Cracking
• Maya
• Code
• Documentary
• Mexico

[scottiez171]

I watched this whole thing, Everything was just...Amazing.

[dctapout]

Thanks for the post. I wish more people would see this documentary, so that they would understand our people.....but they don't b/c they are ignorant to inform themselves.

[eirbiz]

To the Mayan people. Please don't make the mistake of blaming the Spanish for fucking up your history. Check out the vatican.

[aztec714ok]

these mayans do look like their ancestors still

[ponchandra]

Wow amazing!

Those Mayan people look just their ancestors.

[shemthegreat]

@Alkhemist10 you dont know how to read titles if the video dude.. do you want me to crack the title of the video you just watched? XD

[YaxKukMo1426]

@Alkhemist10 What else did you expect from a documentary about the decipherment of Maya glyphs? Thats why its called "Cracking the Maya Code". Duhhhh.

[Alkhemist10]

this documentary was boring as fuck all it talked about was the writing system,..

[mutinyinheav3n]

@GhostWatcher55 That's an awesome sweeping generalization of an entire race of people you've got there, Captain.

[GhostWatcher55]

europieans love to ruin whats not theres it seems even today

[Ezekiel199]

I read Michael Coe's book several years ago but am grateful the documentary was a bit less scholarly... Fascinating stuff.

[tiaelan]

Saw this about a year ago and I'm so glad to see it posted. Thank you this is truly facinating!