A quest for Mesoamerica's oldest glyphs and a birthplace of ancient writing.

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~ Briefly ~

The sun rises ever earlier on writing in the Western Hemisphere. Travel back and forth to discover the people present and past whose writings these are, and why the Cascajal Block may change the way you talk about the history of writing.

~ Credits ~

Art, narration, animation and most of the music by Josh from NativLang. Two pieces of music are by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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~ Chapters ~

0:00-0:24 Open
0:24-2:13 Intro
2:13-3:30 Aztec
3:30-3:57 Mixtec
3:30-4:31 Teotihuacan
4:31-5:24 Maya
5:24-6:11 Kaminaljuyu
6:11-7:04 Isthmian
7:04-7:54 Zapotec
7:54-8:32 Olmec
8:32-8:57 Outro

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