No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system. Can you figure out their numbering system?

The quest to decipher Maya hieroglyphs began with the very Spanish invaders whose hegemonic rule did so much to wipe out the ancient Maya script. Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes ...

This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherment of hieroglyphs, decades of intensive excavation and survey. Structured by categories of person ...

The Glyph Block Project is based on archaeological materials recovered from the ancient Maya site of El Resbalón in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico. In the 1970s, a hieroglyphic stairway consisting of ...

A scene on a Maya vase depicts a seated king (at right). Hieroglyphs suggest the men he is speaking with might be lakam.(Justin Kerr, K-2914, Justin Kerr Maya Vase Archive, Dumbarton Oaks ...

“They’re very easy to recognize on the landscape, and there was ready accessibility,” Canuto said. Sites from the southern Maya Lowlands were also familiar to archaeologists as a source of Maya ...

Dedicate an hour or two to wander among ancient sculptures and ceramics, revealing Maya beliefs, rituals, and everyday life.

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