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How to Read Mayan Hieroglyphs [flash]

pbs.org — Fun interactive exercise in reading a passage of glyphs carved into an ancient Mayan stela.

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  • KevyB, on 06/14/2008, -5/+0Aight, now to find them in real life somewhere around my house so i can make use of it...
    • KevyB, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0***** you down digging stupid ***** rofl.

      Btw, first post BITCHEZ
  • yayintertubes, on 06/14/2008, -0/+50mayan: "u cha u sihjah ... lol ajaw"

    english: "worlds ends in 2012 ... just kidding lol"
  • withoutamartyr, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3I was honestly hoping for something vaguely prophetic, or for the most part rewarding.

    Instead, I labour my way into just another PBS biography.
  • chaos7, on 06/14/2008, -3/+13i'm not in the mood to do puzzle *****..but i'll digg it
    • tyywebb, on 06/14/2008, -1/+21I can't read that. THERE'S NO WORDS ON IT.
  • elscorcho717, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8Apparently, they were very, very concerned with being accurate when it came to remembering on what date something happened. There, I just saved you 10 minutes of your life.
  • VladTheInhala, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5That was stunning! I never knew the Mayans had such a sophisticated calendar system, so precise. And to think we overstate things nowadays, well over half of those hieroglyphs were just dates.
  • marcc16, on 06/14/2008, -11/+3Something to think about...

    The original Hieroglyphs were translated into modern day language, then into english, then into 0's and 1's, then into c++, then into Flash script, then into more c++ to make a browser capable of viewing the flash, then into html, css, php, and all the other web 2.0 loveliness, all so that you could waste your time looking at a dead language.

    Be happy that I just saved you 5 minutes of your life.
    • sheepdays, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1This is actually part of the wonder of this amazing site. Translations upon translations leading us back into a specific moment of recorded history.
    • VladTheInhala, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1And you wasted how much of your time typing all that out? About something you think is a waste of time? Oh the irony...
  • dullnation, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1It's more how to interpret them, isn't it? Because I'm sure they could be interpreted in many different ways..
  • Philmer, on 06/14/2008, -4/+3who is digging this just to look like you are interested, but actucaly just want to move on, and never look back?
  • NinjaPirateDude, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Mayans had flash errors just like us?
    whoa....trippy........
  • luv2lrn, on 06/14/2008, -0/+14Good thing the Spanish missionaries burned all their books - otherwise we might actually know a lot more about the Maya.
    • supreme0armor, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Ever seen "La Otra Conquista" ( The Other Conquest ) ???

      I believe that movie is about Aztecs... but exactly the same concept...
  • codster350, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13Im an archaeologist and this has to be the best use of the internet I have seen in a long time.
    • MrSarcasm, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2but how about porn?
      i mean, man, annie cruz is dirty...
    • Borgcube636, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Do you work for a secret government program involving ancient Stargates?
      • tech42er, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Or finding ancient artifacts of unspeakable power that are then examined by "top men"?
    • marmotman, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Get off your lazy @$$ and find the rest of those damn crystal skulls
  • nexus37, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Dugg because of how often I wished I could read them but didn't know how!
  • Modiga, on 06/14/2008, -1/+12I already learnt how to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs from here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJEWy25Rd_E
    • fudged71, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4THAT. WAS. HILARIOUS!
    • funkytaco, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2Youtube id's are the new heiroglyphics. Case in point: Uuiu. OT: That youtube video has zJEWy in it.
  • Borgcube636, on 06/14/2008, -1/+62012.
  • CucumberBoy, on 06/14/2008, -2/+0This'll come in handy in my translation of that mayan relief I found in my back yard.
  • TheProfessional, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2You can watch the full NOVA episode for that online too. It's pretty good.
    • Kzoo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0Agreed, I caught it when it was broadcast, and quite enjoyed it.

      Glad they didn't feel the need to make that particular episode 'cool,' some other recent ones they tried too hard to make the subject seem interesting to people who wouldn't be tuned in anyway.
  • URnotheonly1, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1You can hear the Polynesian, US tribes
  • centerax, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0sh*it! my god
  • mrcybermac, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Watch the PBS video associated with this... it's seriously like true story Indiana Jones stuff.
  • ari25, on 06/15/2008, -1/+0This is great and i will totally never use it in my life.
  • pooty2, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1It's so simple now!
  • supermanred, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Finally I can activate this artifact I found.

    EDIT: I activated it. I dont know what this countdown means, but if you have anything important to do I suggest doing it within the next two or three days.
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