In Prehispanic Cancun, immigrants were treated just like Maya locals: Study

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• sj_zero ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Spanish burning all the Mayan books is a crime against humanity. :(

  • burliman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can’t just lay down a zinger like that and not post a source so I can read more!

    source

    • sj_zero ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This source seems to describe it:

      https://popular-archaeology.com/article/burning-the-maya-books-the-1562-tragedy-at-mani/

      There's a little remaining, a few pages of something called the Dresden codex which is mostly preserved today.