ASIN: B00HYDM2SE
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 70
The lyrical and lifelike art works of Mayan culture have given archaeologists and historians the key to ancient Mayan history. This eBook describes social, religious, and artistic life, from their beginning until their destruction by the Spanish conquerors in the sixteenth century. In more recent years, teams of scientists have methodically explored the jungles and plains and have unearthed a wealth of information. But, unlike Egypt, Babylon, or Greece, where archaeologists have searched widely, the land of the Maya is still largely untouched in comparison. There are over five thousand ruins in Mexico alone, most of which have not been disturbed by the archaeologists’ spades. There are perhaps hundreds more ruins hidden in the forests, their fallen stones covering a thousand secrets.The news of this little bit of gold was later to spur other greedy Spaniards on to further exploration ...
