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 ...

When, in the 1960s, the hieroglyphs—the most sophisticated writing system created in the New World—were at last beginning to be deciphered, a new picture of these people emerged. Mayan art and ...

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 ...

"The Mayan calendar," said Dr. Spinden ... From these observations, which were recorded daily in hieroglyphics, they computed eclipses, and other astronomical data." As Dr. Spinden explained ...

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 ...

In 2022, the pair spent their first Christmas together in 12 years — which Mayan tells PEOPLE was sparked by her being "jealous" of the closeness between their show's father-daughter duo Kelly ...