Maya hieroglyphs without tears
/ J. Eric S. Thompson
- London : British Museum Publications , 1972
- 77 p. : illus ; 24 cm.
The decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs is one of the most intriguing of scholarly puzzles. The Maya were the only people in the New World to evolve a complete writing system. Their civilization left historical, mathematical and religious records in hieroglyphs that have yet only partially been deciphered.