Today, more than 30 Mayan languages exist and are spoken by at least six million people worldwide. Although some, like ...

Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories. Three days had passed since Aroldo's father died. Aroldo was still mourning, and he couldn't even ...

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

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

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 ...

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

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

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 ...