Gerard Helferich, "Stone of Kings: In Search of the Lost Jade of the Maya"
ISBN: 0762782544 | 2012 | EPUB, MOBI | 191 pages | 5 MB
ISBN: 0762782544 | 2012 | EPUB, MOBI | 191 pages | 5 MB
A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012…. Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade—the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya—and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for century.