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506516Palenque: Eternal City Of The Mayahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/palenque-eternal-city-of-the-maya/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4805699/9780500051566.jpg?v=638581529028270000MXNThames & HudsonOutOfStock/Libros/Palenque, known as the queen of Maya cities, fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-and-son team George and David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists and archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque and attempted to document the city´s graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war and peace, of brilliant architects and sculptors, of patron gods and revered ancestors, and of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders and farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence and relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists and all those fascinated by the history of the Maya.504887Palenque: Eternal City Of The Maya299480https://www.gandhi.com.mx/palenque-eternal-city-of-the-maya/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4805699/9780500051566.jpg?v=638581529028270000OutOfStockMXN0FITapa dura1a Edición20089780500051566_Palenque, known as the queen of Maya cities, fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-and-son team George and David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists and archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque and attempted to document the city´s graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war and peace, of brilliant architects and sculptors, of patron gods and revered ancestors, and of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders and farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence and relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists and all those fascinated by the history of the Maya.9780500051566_Thames & Hudson9780500051566_97805000515660.0000x0.0000x0.0000George StuartInglésReino Unido2720.00000.00000.00000.0000Thames & Hudson