Comments for Maya Decipherment http://decipherment.wordpress.com A Weblog on the Ancient Maya Script Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:30:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on What Will Not Happen in 2012 by REVIEW: 2012 (It’s The End of the World As We Know It) « ScriptPhD http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/what-will-not-happen-in-2012/#comment-427 REVIEW: 2012 (It’s The End of the World As We Know It) « ScriptPhD Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:30:07 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=344#comment-427 [...] and remains so; I’m not sure I believe much of what I wrote back then. More recently my colleague Steve Houston has pointed out the glyphs may not even pertain to that date anyway. So there’s considerable ambiguity just in [...] [...] and remains so; I’m not sure I believe much of what I wrote back then. More recently my colleague Steve Houston has pointed out the glyphs may not even pertain to that date anyway. So there’s considerable ambiguity just in [...]

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by REVIEW: 2012 (It’s The End of the World As We Know It) « ScriptPhD http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-426 REVIEW: 2012 (It’s The End of the World As We Know It) « ScriptPhD Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:28:58 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-426 [...] Mesoamerican Art at the University of Texas at Austin, has written a comprehensive and worthwhile Q&A blog post about 2012. Worthy of note are the following two [...] [...] Mesoamerican Art at the University of Texas at Austin, has written a comprehensive and worthwhile Q&A blog post about 2012. Worthy of note are the following two [...]

]]> Comment on The Captives on Piedras Negras, Panel 12 by Harry Graham http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/the-captives-on-piedras-negras-panel-12/#comment-425 Harry Graham Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:42 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/the-captives-on-piedras-negras-panel-12/#comment-425 thank you for providing these fascinating details - i've been reading about the arrival and influence of Siyah K'ak', (Fire is Born) in the Petén in 378 - how widespread are the recorded accounts of these events and the possible influence/control of Teotihuacan in the wider mayan sphere? thank you for providing these fascinating details – i’ve been reading about the arrival and influence of Siyah K’ak’, (Fire is Born) in the Petén in 378 – how widespread are the recorded accounts of these events and the possible influence/control of Teotihuacan in the wider mayan sphere?

]]> Comment on A Sun God Image from Dos Pilas, Guatemala by fridalarios http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/a-sun-god-image-from-dos-pilas-guatemala/#comment-424 fridalarios Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:24:56 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=567#comment-424 Beautiful drawing Dr Stuart! Beautiful drawing Dr Stuart!

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by Ernest Moyer http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-423 Ernest Moyer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:01:49 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-423 Com'on, fellas and gals. Seems to me this is a lot more than pseudo-native mysticism. Since 1960 we can blow the world to smithereens. If some minds should tie this terminal event to a projected future in two more years they are only reflecting a fear that is in all of us. As Herbert Armstrong once said, he goes to sleep every night with a nuclear bomb under his pillow. World tensions are on the rise, a lot due to religious extremism. Near economic collapse does not help to relieve our concerns. This conceptual fear may arise in the USA, but I now a lot of people around the world who are into projecting the end in 2012. We should not so easily slough off a concern that ties events to dates. I think it rather uncanny that the ancient Maya should come up with a calendar system that just happens to terminate at this point in time. And what is this about 4 Ahua, any how? Com’on, fellas and gals. Seems to me this is a lot more than pseudo-native mysticism. Since 1960 we can blow the world to smithereens. If some minds should tie this terminal event to a projected future in two more years they are only reflecting a fear that is in all of us. As Herbert Armstrong once said, he goes to sleep every night with a nuclear bomb under his pillow. World tensions are on the rise, a lot due to religious extremism. Near economic collapse does not help to relieve our concerns. This conceptual fear may arise in the USA, but I now a lot of people around the world who are into projecting the end in 2012. We should not so easily slough off a concern that ties events to dates. I think it rather uncanny that the ancient Maya should come up with a calendar system that just happens to terminate at this point in time. And what is this about 4 Ahua, any how?

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by Miriam Z http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-421 Miriam Z Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:22:57 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-421 I totally agree with your comment. In that the 2012 phenomenon is created by a frenzy of spiritualism, of sorts from the USA. All of a sudden one starts to see far fetched ideas, mysticisms based upon 2012. I think it is a far reaching attempt to "see in to the future". I totally agree with your comment. In that the 2012 phenomenon is created by a frenzy of spiritualism, of sorts from the USA.

All of a sudden one starts to see far fetched ideas, mysticisms based upon 2012. I think it is a far reaching attempt to “see in to the future”.

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by David Stuart http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-420 David Stuart Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:13:44 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-420 Well, it's important to make clear that the 2012 business is really only about the Long Count. Although the traditional 260-day calendar is still very much in use in parts of Guatemala and Mexico, it operates completely independently and doesn't key in to any larger cycles involving Bak'tuns and the like. They are separate systems. By the way, I didn't say the Maya have "nothing to say about it." Some apparently do, even if some of their statements on 2012 are based on absorbed false claims from the outside, disguised as valid knowledge about the past. Most people, including my knowledgeable Maya colleagues, are aware that the 2012 phenomenon is a modern contrivance that originated out of pseudo-native mysticism of the USA -- not from the Mesoamerican world. Well, it’s important to make clear that the 2012 business is really only about the Long Count. Although the traditional 260-day calendar is still very much in use in parts of Guatemala and Mexico, it operates completely independently and doesn’t key in to any larger cycles involving Bak’tuns and the like. They are separate systems. By the way, I didn’t say the Maya have “nothing to say about it.” Some apparently do, even if some of their statements on 2012 are based on absorbed false claims from the outside, disguised as valid knowledge about the past. Most people, including my knowledgeable Maya colleagues, are aware that the 2012 phenomenon is a modern contrivance that originated out of pseudo-native mysticism of the USA — not from the Mesoamerican world.

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by Johan Normark http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-417 Johan Normark Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:26:53 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-417 For answers to your first mails I suggest you read these links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_script http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/index.html El Mirador has been known for over 80 years and is not exactly a new discovery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mirador I have some recent comments on the CNN documentary and other related issues on my blog: http://haecceities.wordpress.com For answers to your first mails I suggest you read these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_script
http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/index.html

El Mirador has been known for over 80 years and is not exactly a new discovery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mirador

I have some recent comments on the CNN documentary and other related issues on my blog:
http://haecceities.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by Miriam Z http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-416 Miriam Z Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:15:43 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-416 Say, What do you think of the current find, in Guatemala, El Mirador? Cnn has been commenting on it being the biggest pyramid in the world. All structures covered in jungle. What a fantastic find!! But who is in charge of teh excavation? What university is he from. According to CNN they also found a mint stella indicating a passage from the Popol Vuh. Say,

What do you think of the current find, in Guatemala, El Mirador? Cnn has been commenting on it being the biggest pyramid in the world. All structures covered in jungle.

What a fantastic find!! But who is in charge of teh excavation? What university is he from.

According to CNN they also found a mint stella indicating a passage from the Popol Vuh.

]]> Comment on Q & A about 2012 by Miriam Z http://decipherment.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/q-a-about-2012/#comment-415 Miriam Z Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:40 +0000 http://decipherment.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-415 I would like to know and understand howyou can correlate a particular gylph to an indian word. Are you assuming that the indian language ( or particular dialect) has not changed in hundreds and hundreds of years. How can you be certain that today's indian language was spoken at a particular time? I understand that in order to decipher what the glyphs say, you assume that the language spoken was a current indian mayan language. What language are you using to decipher the glyphs? K'che? I would like to know and understand howyou can correlate a particular gylph to an indian word.

Are you assuming that the indian language ( or particular dialect) has not changed in hundreds and hundreds of years.

How can you be certain that today’s indian language was spoken at a particular time?

I understand that in order to decipher what the glyphs say, you assume that the language spoken was a current indian mayan language.

What language are you using to decipher the glyphs? K’che?

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