Posted on 05/29/2013 7:53:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Online collaborators are decoding ancient glyphs that for hundreds of years refused to give up their secrets
Researchers began decoding the glyphic language of the ancient Maya long ago, but the internet is helping them finish the job and write the history of this enigmatic Meso-American civilisation...
The Maya script began to give up its secrets in the 1950s and 1960s, and progress accelerated in the 1970s. But much remains to be puzzled out from the immense body of carvings and inscriptions that has languished for centuries in jungle ruins and museum closets.
Enter University of Texas archaeologist David Stuart, one of the world's leading experts in Maya script...
So five years ago, Stuart started up Maya Decipherment, a blog for scholars and amateurs to post new inscriptions, refine translations and debate the subtleties of Mayan language, all in an effort to fill out the history of the civilisation. The work will take years, but with the help of the internet, the pace is quicker than it has ever been.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
It says, and I quote, “Stop illegal immigration now!”
It’s a recipe for axolotl pudding.
A number of years ago while on vacation in Honduras I had the good fortune of spending a day viewing the Mayan ruins in Copan. One thing I found out is that they weren’t very friendly to their neighbors........
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They liked the flavor though.
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