Within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the Yucatán peninsula lie the fabled temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe was still in the midst of the Dark Ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, created a hieroglyphic writing system, were masters of mathematics and expert calendar-makers. They were also able to construct vast
city-estates with an astonishing degree of architectural perfection. Their cultural legacy has survived in spectacular fashion at places such as Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichén Itzá, Copán, Uxmal This breathtaking Maya legacy attracts thousands of travellers each year.
With its accessible yet authoritative text, and its wonderful photography of Maya buildings and art work, this beautiful reference volume discloses the rich diversity of Maya civilisation and iconography.
Includes contemporary Maya images, drawings, engravings, sculptures, paintings and explanatory plans and diagrams of their architecture.