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Synopsis
A leading expert on Mayan culture presents an analysis of doomsday prophecies about 2012 while refuting common myths and explaining what hysteria-based interpretations of the end of the Mayan calendar reveal about today's world.
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"More than a rebuttal of the apocalypse-pushers, "The Order of Days" is a broader (and more interesting) consideration of the role that time played in Maya culture.... An authoritative study of an fascinating and timely topic. And not to worry if your reading takes you beyond next Dec. 21." -"The Wall Street Journal"
"From the Hardcover edition."
More than a rebuttal of the apocalypse-pushers, The Order of Days is a broader (and more interesting) consideration of the role that time played in Maya culture . An authoritative study of an fascinating and timely topic. And not to worry if your reading takes you beyond next Dec. 21. -The Wall Street Journal
From the Hardcover edition."
-More than a rebuttal of the apocalypse-pushers, The Order of Days is a broader (and more interesting) consideration of the role that time played in Maya culture.... An authoritative study of an fascinating and timely topic. And not to worry if your reading takes you beyond next Dec. 21.- -The Wall Street Journal
From the Hardcover edition.
"More than a rebuttal of the apocalypse-pushers, The Order of Days is a broader (and more interesting) consideration of the role that time played in Maya culture.... An authoritative study of an fascinating and timely topic. And not to worry if your reading takes you beyond next Dec. 21." -The Wall Street Journal
About the Author
David Stuart is a Mayanist scholar and professor of Mesoamerican art and writing at the University of Texas at Austin. He began deciphering Mayan hieroglyphs at the age of eight, under the tutelage of Linda Schele. He has made major contributions in the field of epigraphy, particularly related to the decipherment of the Mayan script used by the pre-Columbian Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica.
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- PublisherCrown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0385527268
- ISBN 13 9780385527262
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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