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 ...

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

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

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

If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans. They are the indigenous culture that ruled southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El ...

Maya households buried their dead underneath ... Priests recorded their rituals in hieroglyphic books which included astronomical cycles, calendars and history. People believed that the kings ...

The stories were sometimes inscribed on pyramids through hieroglyphic illustrations. For example, The Temple of the Inscriptions situated in the ancient Maya city of Palenque features hieroglyphic ...