Майя. Исчезнувшая цивилизация: легенды и факты

Kniga Maĭkla Ko, professora antropologii Ĭelʹskogo universiteta, avtora neskolʹkikh nauchno-populi͡arnykh issledovaniĭ t͡sivilizat͡siĭ Mezoameriki, - uvlekatelʹnyĭ rasskaz o zarozhdenii, rast͡svete i krushenii t͡sivilizat͡sii maĭi͡a, chʹi͡a istorii͡a na proti͡azhenii polutora vekov vyzyvaet povyshennyĭ interes uchenykh i nespet͡sialistov. Vy uznaete mnogo interesnogo o dostizhenii͡akh drevnego naroda v oblasti matematiki, pisʹmennosti, astronomii, iskusstva, arkhitektury. Spet͡sialʹnai͡a statʹi͡a posvi͡ashchena trudam rossiĭskogo uchenogo I͡U.V. Knorozova, vnesshego neot͡senimyĭ vklad v rasshifrovku pisʹmennosti maĭi͡a.

The book by Michael Ko, professor of anthropology at Yale University, author of several popular scientific studies of Mesoamerican civilizations, is a fascinating story about the origin, flourishing and collapse of the Maya civilization, whose history for a century and a half has aroused the increased interest of scientists and non-specialists. You will learn a lot of interesting things about the achievements of the ancient people in the field of mathematics, writing, astronomy, art, architecture. A special article is devoted to the works of the Russian scientist Yu.V. Knorozov, who made an invaluable contribution to the deciphering of the Maya script.