Knorosov [videorecording] : el desciframiento de la escritura Maya = the decipherment of the Mayan script / CONACULTA ; un documental de Tiahoga Ruge y Eduardo Herrera ; dirección, Tiahoga Ruge y Eduardo Herrera F. ; guión, Olaga Cáceres, Tiahoga Ruge, Eduardo Herrera F.

Additional Titles:: Decipherment of the Mayan script
Published:: New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 2000.
Physical Description:: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators:: Knorozov, I͡U. V., Ruge, Tiahoga, Cáceres, Olga, Herrera F., Eduardo, Coe, Michael D., First Run/Icarus Films, and Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)

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Language Note:

English, Russian and Spanish with English subtitles.

Summary:

Documentary on Yuri V. Knorosov, who in 1952 while working at the Russian Institute of Ethnography discovered the key to the Mayan writing system. Includes interviews with Knorozov and Michael Coe, author of Breaking the Maya code.

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Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography and editor, Eduardo Herrera F.

Participant/Performer Note:

Narrators: Heather Dreshner, Danny Laird.

Technical Details:

VHS.

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