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The Mystery of the Maya


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The ancient Maya created one of the greatest civilizations of the New World. They built more than fifty powerful city-states during the Classic period, which lasted for six hundred years. Then, around A.D. 900, the Maya mysteriously abandoned their cities and temples. Even today scientists cannot fully explain their disappearance.Adventurer Peter Lourie travels to Central America to learn about the ancient Mayans.
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ISBN-13: 9780984863754
ISBN-10: 0984863753
Pagini: 50
Dimensiuni: 216 x 216 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Snake Mountain Press

Notă biografică

Peter Lourie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in New England, Ontario, Canada, and New York City. He holds a BA in classics from New York University, an MA in English Literature from the University of Maine, and an MFA in nonfiction creative writing from Columbia University. He has taught writing for many years (Middlebury College, Columbia College, University of Vermont), and now makes his living traveling, writing and photographing. He also visits schools to share his adventures with students and teachers. He lives in Vermont where he is now working on an ongoing NSF-funded digital story-telling project about the Arctic, arcticstories.net, and a new book for Henry Holt about Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush.