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University of Malaya. / 3.12083°N 101.65639°E / 3.12083; 101.65639. The University of Malaya ( Malay: Universiti Malaya; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education, [6] [7] and ...
University of Texas at Austin. Harvard University. David S. Stuart (born 1965) is an archaeologist and epigrapher specializing in the study of ancient Mesoamerica, the area now called Mexico and Central America. His work has studied many aspects of the ancient Maya civilization. He is widely recognized for his breakthroughs in deciphering Maya ...
The Maya civilization ( / ˈmaɪə /) was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas.
Michael Douglas Coe (May 14, 1929 – September 25, 2019) [1] was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author. He is known for his research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya, and was among the foremost Mayanists [2] of the late twentieth century. He specialised in comparative studies of ancient tropical ...
Diane Zaino Chase. Diane Zaino Chase (born 1953) is an American anthropologist and archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Ancient Maya. As of January 2023, she serves as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost of the University of Houston and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Houston ...
Rimba Ilmu (literally forest of knowledge) is a tropical botanical garden set up by the late Professor W.R. Stanton in 1974 on the campus of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1] [2] The garden has over 1,600 species of plants occupying over 80 hectares. [3] It is populated mainly with indigenous plants species but include ...
Title. Coolidge Professor of History. Parents. Jay Jasanoff (father) Sheila Jasanoff (mother) Awards. Guggenheim Fellowship. Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. Maya R. Jasanoff is an American academic who serves as Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University, where she focuses on the history of Britain and the British Empire.
Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Simon Martin is a British epigrapher, historian, writer and Mayanist scholar. He is best known for his contributions to the study and decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilisation of Mesoamerica. As one of the leading epigraphers active in contemporary ...