Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?
Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?
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To honour his work, in Mérida, Yukatán, Mexico, a memorial has been erected modelled based on that photograph.
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What?!? Mexico has carbonite freezing technology? When did this happen?
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Obviously George Lucas has licensed his patent to the Mexican government.
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Aw, will to live empowered for another day after seeing the cat statue part.
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And he was always fighting publishers to have her listed as co-author.
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They both look like smart guys.
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Clearly they have both learned things mankind was never meant to know.
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and both of them are judging you
He looks intense as fuck. The cat looks like they'd open the door high on catnip and invite you in for a glass of milk when you were just there to drop off the mail.
And I judge them back. You should not look like sour milk when getting a portrait!
He was just bummed they wouldn't give his cat a noble laureate for helping him realized language is also an expectation of received meaning and not just intended meaning.
This is actually his happy face.