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Category Archives: Glyphs

Glyphs – The Ancient Maya and the Film Industry, Part I

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Mark Van Stone
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Precious Few Films Attempt to Portray the Ancient Maya in a Sympathetic and Realistic Way. The documentary-film industry has found the “Mysterious Maya”, “Mayan Calendar Prophecy” and the “2012 End of the World” to be fertile soil. There are so … Continue reading →

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Glyphs – The Ancient Maya and the Film Industry, Part II

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Mark Van Stone
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Another Good Documentary and a Couple Feature Films National Geographic, once reknowned for the quality of its features about the Maya (and the ancient Americas in general), has lost a little of its Mesoamerican creds since George Stuart retired. One … Continue reading →

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Glyphs – The Ancient Maya and the Film Industry, Part III

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Mark Van Stone
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Blood, Gore and Gibson Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto has the unique distinction of being the only feature film whose dialogue is entirely in the lovely Mayan language. This remarkable feature is offset, of course: Gibson portrays the Maya as either Noble … Continue reading →

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Glyphs – The Ancient Maya and the Film Industry, Part IV

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Mark Van Stone
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Animation is Getting Better than Live Action The best recent films about the Maya are both cartoons: The Road to El Dorado is an unlikely animated musical, featuring the vocal skills of Elton John, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, … Continue reading →

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Glyphs – Evidence for 2012 Apocalypse

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Mark Van Stone
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Looking at ancient Maya glyphs, we find some evidence, but it ain’t much. Very few of the books and websites about the “Mayan Predictions of 2012″  admit this.  We archaeologists and decipherers have analyzed thousands of ancient inscriptions in Mayan.  … Continue reading →

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