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Maya Dresden Codex by G Rodriguez Jose Antonio [Antonio, G Rodriguez Jose] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Maya Dresden Codex about?
The Dresden Codex is the oldest surviving book from the Americas, dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century. The codex was rediscovered in the city of Dresden and is how the Maya book received its present name. It is located in the museum of the Saxon State Library in Dresden, Germany. The book received serious water damage during World War II. The pages are made of Amate, 8 inches (20 cm) high, and can be folded accordion-style; when unfolded the codex is 12 feet (3.7 m) long. It is written in Mayan hieroglyphs and refers to an original text of some three or four hundred years earlier, describing local history and astronomical tables.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- G Rodriguez Jose Antonio [Antonio, G Rodriguez Jose]
- Publisher
- #PrB.rating#3.5
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
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