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Yuri Knorozov was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigrapher, and ethnographer who deciphered the Maya script. Learn about his life, education, military service, and contributions to Mayan studies.
Learn about the Russian linguist who deciphered Mayan hieroglyphs using phonetic signs. Find out his background, achievements, and publications in this article from Britannica.
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Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (1922-1999), ethnographer, historian, linguist, and epigraphist, worked at the State Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR from 1949 till 1953. It was in that period that he made an epoch-making discovery by deciphering the Maya writing.
The autobiography text contains information on most important facts of Yuri Knorozov’s scientific biography, including his expeditions (field research), reports at foreign scientific events and participation in international scientific associations.
The publication characterizes autobiographies of the historian, ethnographer, linguist, “father” of the Russian school of Mayanism Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (1922–99), that have been ...
Aug 12, 2023 · According to Wikipedia, Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov, the person who decoded the Mayan script...listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work, but the editors always removed her. He always used the photo with Asya ... as his author photo, and got annoyed when editors cropped her out.
Youri Valentinovitch Knorozov (en ukrainien: Ю́рій Валенти́нович Кно́розов ; en russe: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Кно́розов), né le 19 novembre 1922 à Pivdenne (RSS d'Ukraine , Union soviétique) et mort le 30 mars 1999 à Saint-Pétersbourg (Russie), est un linguiste , épigraphe et ethnographe russe. Il est principalement connu pour son apport ...
