Yuri Knorozov's seminal 1963 work, "The Writing of the Maya Indians," cracked the code of how to decipher Mayan writing. (TASS) It’s 1952, and Western archaeologists are trekking through lush Central ...

40,000 years ago, Ice Age Europeans carved the same 32 symbols across an entire continent. Were they decorating caves—or building the first written language? Hurricane Melissa close to breaking ...

Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...

In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...

The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like online glossaries and special phone keyboards Aurora Martínez - Staff ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ruling class. Caana, which means "sky palace" in Mayan, is the largest ...

Before the Spanish colonised Central America in the 16th century, the ancient Maya were one of the most sophisticated civilisations in the Western Hemisphere. They developed a complex calendar system ...

If you’ve been confused by the emojis next to your friend’s entries, here’s what each of them means: Speaking of birthdays, you may see that some friends have their astrological sign next to their ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...