
Also known as Yury Valentinovich Knorozov, Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
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Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; 19 November 1922 – 30 March 1999) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist. He is best known for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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