Scholars and the modern Maya can now read the majority of glyphs, like these from Copan. They understand how the ancient language was spoken compared to modern Maya and have begun to grasp the ...

archaeologists called it the Tikal hiatus and chalked it up as a mystery of the ancient Maya. Archaeologists began filling in the gap in the 1960s, when they noticed an odd glyph scattered around ...

In this feature, you can actually "read" a passage of glyphs carved into an ancient Maya stela, or dedicatory stone monument. You can both read the ancient Maya (transcribed using the Roman ...

The Putnam Museum and Science Center opened a new traveling exhibit to the public on Saturday, February 15th that will have ...

The new 'Mysteries of the Mayan Medallion' exhibit invites guests to find clues at archeological sites and figure out what ...