Wilmer Aram Ajú facilitates workshops on the ancient Mayan writing system to generate greater curiosity about the language ...

On the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula once stood the great Mayan city of Cobá. Recently this massive stone slab covered in 123 carved glyphs, each one providing more details about the mysterious ...

Kneeling down, he saw a ribbon of characters, or glyphs, listing the kings of Holmul. ... archaeologists called it the Tikal hiatus and chalked it up as a mystery of the ancient Maya.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PROFESSOR DAVID LENTZ HOLDS UP A REPRODUCTION TILE FEATURING ANCIENT MAYA GLYPHS. RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED EVIDENCE OF CEREMONIAL OFFERINGS AT THE SITE OF AN ANCIENT MAYA ...

The ancient script of the Maya baffled scholars for centuries. Widely viewed as one of the greatest civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, which peaked around A.D. 250-900, the Maya people of ...

Groups like Ch'okwoj or Chíikulal Úuchben Ts'íib are hosting workshops, and making t-shirts and mugs using ancient Mayan glyphs to resuscitate them and transmit them to future generations.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The newest exhibit at the Putnam Museum and Science Center is an interactive journey through an ancient Mayan archaeological site. "Mysteries of the Mayan Medallion" is open to ...

Archaeologists working in the ruins of Palenque, an ancient city in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, have found a centuries-old, intricately carved Maya nose ornament made of human bone.

Archaeologists working in the ruins of Palenque, an ancient city in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, have found a centuries-old, intricately carved Maya nose ornament made of human bone.