Why did Maya writing remain undecipherable for so long and how was it finally cracked? Find out how this long enigmatic ...

An excavation of Maya ruins in Guatemala, by University of New Hampshire archaeologist William Saturno, has revealed that a Mayan writing system was in use centuries earlier than previously thought.

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A vertical column of 10 glyphic words, uncovered last year in ruins in Guatemala, is unreadable even by the most expert scholars, but they know what it means -- that Maya writing is older than they ...

A 2,000 year old stela recently discovered in Guatemala has revealed examples of the genesis of Mayan writing, according to experts studying the ancient civilization that dominated much of Central ...

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 ...

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 ...