A 1,600-year-old Mayan stone tablet describing the rule ... On the other side, an inscription written in hieroglyphics commemorates the monarch's 40-year reign. The stone tablet, found in the ...

He also wears protective sports gear. Around the outside edge, 18 Mayan hieroglyphics surround the figures. This is the first complete set of Mayan hieroglyphics to be found at the Chichén Itzá ...

Initial studies suggest that the hieroglyphics date back to May 12, 569 AD, marking the founding of a lost city called Keh Witz Nal, or "Deer Mountain." Notably, the inscriptions also revealed the ...

a specialist in hieroglyphs who has been studying and translating hieroglyphs inscribed on Mayan monuments for decades and directs the Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project at the University of ...

Hieroglyphics discovered in an ancient Mayan temple in Guatemala date to the third century BC, showing Mayan writing developed much earlier than believed, according to research. The hieroglyphics ...

A while back, I bought Andrea Stone & Marc Zender’s Reading Maya Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Maya Painting and Sculpture, and checked out a number of similar books from the library.