Maya. The Vanished Civilization: Legends and Facts

The book by Michael Coe, professor of anthropology at Yale University and author of several popular science studies of Mesoamerican civilizations, is a fascinating account of the origins, flourishing, and collapse of the Maya civilization, whose history has aroused increased interest from scholars and non-specialists for a century and a half. You will learn many interesting facts about the achievements of this ancient people in mathematics, writing, astronomy, art, and architecture. A special article is dedicated to the works of Russian scholar Y.V. Knorosov, who made an invaluable contribution to the decipherment of Maya writing.