Researchers began decoding the glyphic language of the ancient Maya long ago, but the Internet is helping them finish the job and write the history of this enigmatic Mesoamerican civilization. For ...

Perhaps an exhibition such as "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," which opens in two weeks at the Legion of Honor, can restore some of the historical perspective we need and easily lose in the myopic ...

The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script, carved on monuments, painted on pottery, and drawn in handmade bark-paper books. For ...