Mark Van Stone explains how Maya hieroglyphs are constructed, by writing a modern name in phonetic glyphs. Dr. Van Stone is an expert decipherer and calligrapher; author of "2012 - Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya" and co-author of "Reading the Maya Glyphs" with archaeologist Michael Coe. You can find his books on Amazon, or you can get a cheap digital version or an autographed edition of his 2012 book from his website markvanstone.com
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Stone, M. V. (2016, June 14). Dr. Mark Van Stone - How Maya Hieroglyphs are written - Demonstration. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/890/dr-mark-van-stone---how-maya-hieroglyphs-are-writt/
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Stone, Mark Van. "Dr. Mark Van Stone - How Maya Hieroglyphs are written - Demonstration." World History Encyclopedia, June 14, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/890/dr-mark-van-stone---how-maya-hieroglyphs-are-writt/.
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Stone, Mark Van. "Dr. Mark Van Stone - How Maya Hieroglyphs are written - Demonstration." World History Encyclopedia, 14 Jun 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/video/890/dr-mark-van-stone---how-maya-hieroglyphs-are-writt/.
