For my fellow Mesoamerican enthusiasts; please check out your local listings for “Cracking the Maya Code” - the Nova special on the Maya and the work that has been in the decipherment of the hieroglyphic code. The program has been airing repeatedly this month and according to my local PBS station will continue throughout the spring. Informative and entertaining the program features interviews with the premier Mayanists in the world including Michael Coe, Bill Fash, David Stuart and the late Linda Schele. It offers a very good explanation of the evolution of Maya writing and the history of its translation from Diego de Landa to Yuri Knorosov.

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