Who to translate the maya glyphs

Although some specifics of his decipherment claims were later shown to be incorrect, the central argument of his work, that Maya hieroglyphs were phonetic (or more specifically, syllabic), was later supported by the work of Yuri Knorozov (1922-1999), who played a major role in deciphering Maya writing.

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