Comments on: Mystery of the Mayas – Free Lecture (LA) http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/ Where Manifest Destiny Goes to Die Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:53:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara Zapata de Mijares http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-9007 Sara Zapata de Mijares Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:06:31 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=621#comment-9007 Hello Nezua. I am glad El Machete still has the conference that my friend Archeo Astronomer Alberto Hagar Gonzalez presented at the college. In reviewing your article I keep on noticing that nowhere it states that this was a collaboration with the Mundo Maya Foundation (we are the organization that brought Mr. Hagar Gonzalez to Los Angeles for the conference series. Can you please ad our name and contact. Mundo Maya Foundation - www.mundomayafoundation.org sara@mundomayafoundation.org 562-505-6023. Thank you. Hello Nezua. I am glad El Machete still has the conference that my friend Archeo Astronomer Alberto Hagar Gonzalez presented at the college. In reviewing your article I keep on noticing that nowhere it states that this was a collaboration with the Mundo Maya Foundation (we are the organization that brought Mr. Hagar Gonzalez to Los Angeles for the conference series. Can you please ad our name and contact.
Mundo Maya Foundation – http://www.mundomayafoundation.org sara@mundomayafoundation.org 562-505-6023. Thank you.

]]> By: Whitey http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Whitey Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:02:43 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=621#comment-657 That's cool. Language decipherment is just one of my areas of interest, so I couldn't help but jump in to take a swat at the pseudo-science. I actually took a language decipherment class with a professor who is actively deciphering Classic Mayan... it's really cool stuff. Both in the beauty and variety of the characters themselves (I love that each syllable can have several symbols of different intricacy, and how they can be combined to form a larger picture that still contains a specific word or phrase), and in the very accessible meanings of what has been found (for instance, they had the same sort of "trickster rabbit" character that shows up in so many other cultures around the world). It's available as a distance class too, if you ever have the interest and some money burning a hole in your pocket. :) I've been reading along for a while, actually; equality of all people is a topic of great interest to me, despite the fact that your particular struggle is not my own. I'll maybe try to pitch in my two cents more often. That’s cool. Language decipherment is just one of my areas of interest, so I couldn’t help but jump in to take a swat at the pseudo-science. I actually took a language decipherment class with a professor who is actively deciphering Classic Mayan… it’s really cool stuff. Both in the beauty and variety of the characters themselves (I love that each syllable can have several symbols of different intricacy, and how they can be combined to form a larger picture that still contains a specific word or phrase), and in the very accessible meanings of what has been found (for instance, they had the same sort of “trickster rabbit” character that shows up in so many other cultures around the world). It’s available as a distance class too, if you ever have the interest and some money burning a hole in your pocket. :)

I’ve been reading along for a while, actually; equality of all people is a topic of great interest to me, despite the fact that your particular struggle is not my own. I’ll maybe try to pitch in my two cents more often.

]]> By: nezua http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-655 nezua Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:09:49 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=621#comment-655 hey and it's good to see you. :) hey and it’s good to see you. :)

]]> By: nezua http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-654 nezua Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:03:18 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=621#comment-654 I sort of had the same reaction to the whole "hidden keys" thing, you know? Feels so hokey, feels like trying to add new "spice" to history, which I agree, is fascinating and awe-some in its own right as-is. But I figured I'd pass it on and let people know. They can listen and decide from themselves if they are in the area and have interest. I sort of had the same reaction to the whole “hidden keys” thing, you know? Feels so hokey, feels like trying to add new “spice” to history, which I agree, is fascinating and awe-some in its own right as-is. But I figured I’d pass it on and let people know. They can listen and decide from themselves if they are in the area and have interest.

]]> By: Whitey http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/09/12/mystery-of-the-mayas-free-lecture/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Whitey Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:57:40 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=621#comment-653 Mayan culture is rich and fascinating, and doesn't need invented translations to make it so. There is plenty of real work being done to translate Classic Mayan, which is slowly unlocking texts that reveal old myths and accounts of heretofore unknown history. But this guy doesn't seem to have any scholarly publications at all. If he thinks he has made any real translations, why is he avoiding the scrutiny of linguistic scholars? I expect that next he will publish his brand-new, one-and-only translation of the Phaistos Disc. Mayan culture is rich and fascinating, and doesn’t need invented translations to make it so. There is plenty of real work being done to translate Classic Mayan, which is slowly unlocking texts that reveal old myths and accounts of heretofore unknown history. But this guy doesn’t seem to have any scholarly publications at all. If he thinks he has made any real translations, why is he avoiding the scrutiny of linguistic scholars? I expect that next he will publish his brand-new, one-and-only translation of the Phaistos Disc.

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