A researcher claims 1,300-year-old Maya hand signs on Altar Q encode Long Count calendar dates, revealing a potential second ...

The popular Maya stone carving known as Altar Q might have a deeper hidden meaning that represents important dates in the ...

Altar Q, a Mayan monument carved approximately 1,300 years ago in Honduras, may reveal a code that has eluded scientists ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study claims that Altar Q, made by the Maya in the eighth century A.D., may convey a deeper ...

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Amid rubble buried beneath a Maya pyramid in Northern Guatemala, archaeologists found a broken bit of plaster with a glyph painted on it. A bar-and-dot symbol for the number “7” is drawn above a deer ...

A new study of the Altar Q of Copan in Honduras has revolutionized the archaeological community. This piece, carved in the ...

Buried within the Las Pinturas pyramid in San Bartolo, Guatemala, thousands of painted plaster mural fragments offer a window into ancient Maya civilization. Two of those fragments form the earliest ...

A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar, one ...

As civilizations die, so do their forms of writing, top scholars of ancient cultures found in the first study to examine the extinction of writing systems. The research also showed that ancient ...

School and community members enjoy a “Plaza de Cultura Indígena” Wednesday at Venetia Valley School in San Rafael. The event ties in with the school’s seventh grade social studies classes, where ...