63 years since the discovery of the tomb of Mayan King Pakal located inside the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, Chiapas (southern state of Mexico), researchers have deciphered the T514 glyph ...

She handed the students a glossary of Mayan glyphs along with their meanings in French. She then asked them to select two symbols and draw each one onto small hand-held, erasable white boards that ...

Students see how scientists began to unravel the meaning of Maya glyphs and then determine their own birth date using the Maya Long Count calendar system. The Maya civilization began about 2600 BC and ...