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48 pp.
| Mikaya |
December, 2002 |
TradeISBN 1-931414-05-X$$19.95
(3)
4-6Wonders of the World series.
Illustrated by
Tom McNeely.
Tracking several hundred years of history, Mann keenly explores the Mayan city of Tikal, which flourished in the Yucatan Peninsula during the first millennium C.E. Profusely illustrated with boldly colored paintings, the text discusses Mayan advances in math and language, the Mayan penchant for war and sacrificial bloodletting, and the mysterious disappearance of this once thriving civilization. Glos., ind.