The ancient Maya developed one of the most sophisticated systems of timekeeping ever created. Using a combination of calendars, numerical notation, and hieroglyphic writing, they recorded historical ...

The oldest recorded Maya calendar date has been revealed by high-resolution 3D scanning of an ancient Campeche moonument.

Researchers excavating the ruins of an ancient pyramid in northeastern Guatemala have discovered examples of the earliest known Maya writing, produced between 300 B.C. and 200 B.C. The discovery shows ...

Led by Joachim Rittsteig, an expert in Mayan writing, a group of scientists and journalists left Germany Tuesday, on a mission to Guatemala in search of a lost Maya treasure allegedly submerged under ...

The linguistic epigraphy of Maya Writing: recent advances and questions for future research / Søren Wichmann -- Chontal linguistic influence in ancient Maya writing: intransitive positional verbal ...