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Didn't the Maya civilization suffer from systematic erasure? Monks collected their books and had bonfires, called them devil-worshippers and threatened them to
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
Didn't the Maya civilization suffer from systematic erasure? Monks collected their books and had bonfires, called them devil-worshippers and threatened them to abandon their scripts and legends.
- musicale 4y agoUnfortunately, yes. The few surviving ones are amazing though. I always hope that someday a hidden cache of preserved codices that somehow escaped destruction will be discovered, but it seems unlikely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices