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The goal of encoding Maya hieroglyphs in Unicode is to facilitate the modern use of the script. For representing the degree of flexibility and variation of classical Maya, the expressiveness of Unicode is insufficient (e.g., wrt. the representation of infixes), so, for philological applications, different technologies are required.
The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː / [1]) are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. [2] [3] They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. [4]
Olmec Hieroglyphs, c. 1000 BC – 400 BC, possibly the mother script of Mesoamerica. [8] Thought to be logosyllabic like all of its descendants. Zapotec Hieroglyphs, c. 500 BC – 800 AD, possibly logosyllabic. Ñuiñe Hieroglyphs, c. 400 AD – 800 AD. Similar to Zapotec and possibly an offshoot of it in the Mixteca Baja. Possibly logosyllabic.
Paracas Candelabra. The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, or El Candelabro (the Trident), is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru. [1]
Justeson, John S., and Terrence Kaufman (1997) "A Newly Discovered Column in the Hieroglyphic Text on La Mojarra Stela 1: a Test of the Epi-Olmec Decipherment", Science, Vol. 277, 11 July 1997, pp. 207–10. Justeson, John S., and Terrence Kaufman (2001) Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing and Texts Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine.
The hieroglyphic racerunner lizard has only been found along one road near Tabas city, researchers said. The city is in South Khorasan province and about 350 miles southeast of Tehran.
The city's buildings were made from fired-clay bricks with mortar made from oyster shells, unique among Maya sites. Many are decorated with iconography and/or hieroglyphs. Dzibanche. Mexico Temple of the Owl Maya: El Cerrito. Mexico Pyramid of El Cerrito Chichimec: 30 El Tajín. Mexico Pyramid of the Niches Classic Veracruz: 18 Guachimontones ...
At the height of its expanse, the language was spoken across several regions of Central America and the north of South America. The Tairona culture and the U'wa, related to the Muisca culture, speak similar languages, which encouraged trade. The Muisca used a form of hieroglyphs for numbers.