![]() Coe (Author of Cracking the Maya Code): People threw their hands up and said, “Nobody is ever going to crack this script. What secrets did they hold? Were they pictures and symbols or in fact true writings expressing an ancient language? For centuries the hieroglyphs confounded explorers. They were carved on monuments and objects, painted on pottery, and written in bark paper books. Their cities were full of strange inscriptions, fantastic twisting forms called hieroglyphs. They revealed a civilization of stunning achievements created in isolation from Europe and Asia. In the jungles of southern Mexico in Central America, the ancient ruins of the Maya posed such a mystery. But if they could would they comprehend who we were? All that is left to speak for us are the written words we have carved in stone. The travelers cannot make sense of our mysterious script. ![]() Our books have perished in some unknown catastrophe. ![]() Narrator: Imagine explorers arriving to find our cities deserted. ![]() Here is Cracking the Mayan Code transcribed. ![]()
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