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By Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

The outstanding accomplishments of the traditional Maya in addition to the Maya at present residing in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula are highlighted during this selection of 25 inventive, academic, hands-on initiatives. protecting every little thing from the 20-base numbering process to the Maya's extensive alternate relationships, kids find out about appeasing the gods with a "jade" ceremonial masks, language development with a screen-fold booklet for drawings and hieroglyphs, and Maya astronomy with a sand paintings photo of the cosmos. Informative textual content and sidebars teach about the Maya's extraordinary achievements in technology, math, language, song, medication, and structure; and their day-by-day actions and administration of usual resources.

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