Brandeis MakerLab Maker in Residence Clara Alexander discusses her work on the Glyph Block Project. The Glyph Block Project is based on archaeological materials recovered from the ancient Maya site of ...

sacred animal of the Mayan universe; by analyzing various skulls and observe their molars, the researcher related the information with the glyphs and determined that the glyph in question ...

Mexico City - Experts are studying the first Mayan hieroglyphic script dealing with the life of a high priest, his blood sacrifices and acts of penance, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the earliest known Mayan hieroglyphs in central America, although they can only read one word. Experts said the 2,300-year-old glyphs prove the Mayan ...

There, looking back at me, was K’awiil, also known as God K, the “most ubiquitous god in Classic Maya art.” Next to K’awiil was a glyph representing a lord, possibily Juun Ajaw ...

His most notable accomplishment is that he establishes for the first time that two millennia of Mayan writings produced in various writing systems and media—from stone glyphs and paper documents ...

On the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula once stood the great Mayan city of Cobá. Recently this massive stone slab covered in 123 carved glyphs, each one providing more details about the mysterious ...