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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:manuscript
Mesoamerican codices
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gptkbp:createdBy
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gptkb:Maya_civilization
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gptkbp:currentLocation
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gptkb:Mexico_City
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France,_Paris
gptkb:Saxony_State_and_University_Library_Dresden
gptkb:Museo_de_América,_Madrid
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gptkbp:date
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gptkb:Pre-Columbian_era
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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gptkb:Spanish_conquistadors
Catholic priests
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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18th–20th centuries (surviving codices)
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gptkbp:format
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accordion-folded book
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Maya codices
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gptkbp:illustrator
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yes
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Mayan_languages
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gptkbp:length
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up to several meters
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gptkbp:material
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bark paper
lime plaster
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gptkbp:notableDestructionEvent
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gptkb:Diego_de_Landa's_auto-da-fé
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gptkbp:numberOfSurvivingCodices
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4
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gptkbp:purpose
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prophecies
astronomical records
almanacs
ritual calendar
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Maya_astronomy
gptkb:Maya_mathematics
gptkb:Aztec_codices
Maya religion
Mesoamerican codices
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gptkbp:significance
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evidence of Maya astronomy
evidence of Maya mathematics
evidence of Maya writing system
primary source of Maya civilization knowledge
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gptkbp:status
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gptkb:UNESCO_Memory_of_the_World_(Dresden_Codex)
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gptkbp:survivingCodex
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gptkb:Dresden_Codex
gptkb:Madrid_Codex
gptkb:Paris_Codex
gptkb:Grolier_Codex
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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left to right
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gptkbp:writtenBy
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gptkb:Maya_hieroglyphic_script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mayan_languages
gptkb:Maya_religion
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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