Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that ...

Its achievements included advanced architecture, astronomy, engineering and hieroglyphic writing. Discoveries such as Los Abuelos deepen our understanding of early Maya ceremonial and political ...

In the second half of the course, we will explore Mesoamerican writing systems and focus on learning the Maya hieroglyphic script—the most sophisticated system ever produced in the Americas. This ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, ...

Demerest and scientists from Guatemala's City's Valley University were drawn back to the area in April because hieroglyphics inscribed in artefacts recovered in Tikal and Dos Pilas, the ancient Maya's ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site ...

Bartolomé de Las Casas, Apologética historia de las Indias (1909), translated and quoted in J. Eric S. Thompson, “Systems of Hieroglyphic Writing in Middle America and Methods of Deciphering Them,” ...