# Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year 2012

Art historian and archaeologist David Stuart, the foremost expert on Mayan hieroglyphs, delivered the fifth Jay I. Kislak Lecture titled "Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya and the Year 2012," in which he explored the Mayan prediction of "the end of the world in 2012" and discussed his most recent book on that subject: "The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth about 2012."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2011
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688734/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688734?play=1)