Fifty-four years after it was sold yesteryear looters, an ancient Maya pictographic text was judged authentic yesteryear scholars Thursday.
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| The ancient Maya pictographic text that has been judged authentic by scholars inwards United Mexican US City [Credit: INAH via AP] |
The 10 surviving pages of the tree-bark folding "book" volition right away live known equally the United Mexican US Maya Codex. It had been known equally the Grolier Codex. It may bring originally had xx pages, only roughly were lost after centuries inwards a cave inwards southern Chiapas state.
It contains a serial of observations together with predictions related to the astral movement of Venus. Mayan texts are written inwards a serial of syllabic glyphs, inwards which a stylized painted figure oft stands for a syllable.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mexican collector bought it inwards 1964, together with it was outset exhibited at the Grolier Club inwards New York inwards 1971.
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| INAH says it is the oldest known pre-Hispanic text, made betwixt 1021 together with 1154 AD, and volition now be known equally the "Mexico Maya Codex" [Credit: INAH via AP] |
The fact that it was looted together with had a simpler pattern than other surviving texts had led roughly to doubtfulness its authenticity.
"Its mode differs from other Maya codex that are known together with proven authentic," the works life said inwards a statement. About 3 other after Maya "books" survived an travail yesteryear Castilian conquerors to destroy Mayan artefacts inwards the 1500s.
But the works life said Th that because the manuscript was written hence early, it had been created inwards an era of relative poverty compared to the other works. It said a serial of chemic tests proved the authenticity of the pages together with the pre-Hispanic inks used to write it.
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| INAH adept inspecting an ancient Maya pictographic text inwards United Mexican US City [Credit: INAH via AP] |
"For a long time, critics of the codex said the mode wasn't Mayan together with that it was 'the ugliest' of them inwards damage of figures together with colour," said works life researcher Sofia Martinez del Campo. "But the austerity of the operate is explained yesteryear its epoch, when things are scarce i uses what i has at hand."
Author: Mark Stevenson | The Associated Press [August 31, 2018]
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