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Lia Machel began a lifelong study of ancient civilizations at the age of ten. She began with ancient Egypt, then moved on to ancient Sumer, and over the years became attracted to the mystery of the Maya civilization. As a student of anthropology and archaeology, she began to find many of the connections to Mesopotamia, and the Maya origins there. The experienced eye, for an objective overview of this magnificent culture and history, was developed through earlier professional coverage as an investigative reporter for popular magazines and newspapers. The astonishing discoveries made by contemporary sciences and explorers enlarged her knowledge and understanding as “pieces of the puzzle” created a very different picture from the timeworn ones being taught in the universities, with few exceptions. This new picture of the early Maya was too exciting to keep to herself, and so she began to compile and illustrate this Guidebook for the general public. Her original color illustrations of the Maya people appear throughout, as well as pictures of historic connections that show the Maya were composed of many different peoples, who traded and settled among them. The origin of the famous Maya Calendar will astonish the reader. “As a native Texan with roots to the start of San Antonio, I always wanted to know how we came to be here. I experienced a multi-cultural society that is peopled with Germans, Irish, Spanish, the Canary Islanders, and natives of Aztec ancestry...all in my own families. The families who settled in Pennsylvania, in the early 1700’s, are among them. It was only natural that I was curious about the cultures they brought with them, and the histories of the time before they became the Americans.”
