In 2011, I traveled by bus through the Yucatan and Belize with a number of American scholars. One of them understood the language of the Maya. Mark Van Stone is an author, calligrapher, designer and illustrator. He is also a world-class Maya epigrapher, meaning he can read and write Maya glyphs. He came to calligraphyContinue reading “Mark Van Stone, Epigrapher”
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America’s Funniest Archaeologist
Dr. Bill Saturno is in the news again for unearthing an ancient art studio in Guatemala. The post below is from July 2011, when I met him in Belize: Dr. Bill Saturno has got to be America’s funniest archaeologist. His discoveries of Maya murals made page one of the New York Times. That’s him picturedContinue reading “America’s Funniest Archaeologist”