© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum im Humboldt Forum / Foto: Patrick Helber
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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum im Humboldt Forum / Foto: Patrick Helber
Guided Tour
Mesoamerican writing systems compared
with curator Dr. Ute Schüren
Past events
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| 8 EUR per person |
| Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| Dates and ticket booking for the coming month are activated at the end of the previous month. |
| Duration: 60 min |
| German |
| Ethnologisches Museum, 2. OG |
| max. 15 persons |
| Part of: The Particular View |
Commonalities and differences of the pre-Columbian scripts are the focus of the curator’s tour in the Mesoamerica area. Topics include the Mesoamerican calendar in its variants and the writing of numbers. Was there a Teotihuacan script? Why are Mayan hieroglyphs considered the most complex writing system in Mesoamerica? What languages are the texts based on and what contents can be found in them? In addition, the question is: What happened to the pre-Columbian scripts after the Spanish conquest?