{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/f2925f7a-eb08-471a-9958-387cb5ee6353/6ab26b0835231e4f5513db98?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Unlocking Maya Hieroglyphs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6215f9e74b795a6299fd3b58/1790077096489-1d850366-0499-4544-8c81-edab132c7a8d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Forget everything you thought you knew about the ancient Maya. Cracking their mysterious hieroglyphs didn't just reveal boring calendars, it exposed a cutthroat, <em>Game of Thrones</em>-style world of rival superpowers, Tikal and Calakmul.</p><p><br></p><p>Tristan Hughes is joined by Professor David Stuart to uncover tales of powerful female warlords, dark pilgrimages to the underworld, and the secret jungle \"whiteboard\" of an ancient mathematician.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>The Maya Collapse</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-maya-collapse/id1520403988?i=1000663446064\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/56rb6VA4Ey9bMX9CrhCfRR\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Spotify</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Olmec: Mother of Mesoamerican Civilisations</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-olmec-mother-of-mesoamerican-civilisations/id1520403988?i=1000719796223\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TX2CjZw3sq6Xcdal9gr2l\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen on Spotify</a></p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited and produced by Joseph Knight.</p><p>The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds</p><p><em>The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.</em></p><p><strong>History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™</strong></p>","author_name":"History Hit"}