A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent ...

A new study argues that ancient Maya Altar Q, known for its depiction of rulers with unique hand gestures, might contain a ...

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

A linguistic anthropologist says the hand positions carved on a 1,300-year-old Maya stone altar encode calendar dates through ...

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

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

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

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. "The box of cards bearing the figures of Maya hieroglyphs were collected and arranged by Mr Lewis W. Gunckel and forwarded to me through Professor ...

Classic Maya emblem glyphs / Peter Mathews -- Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings / Peter Mathews and Gordon R. Willey -- An epigraphic ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

The discovery of an early ninth century burning event marks a turning point in Maya rule, archeologists say. The find is a rare archaeological pinpointing of a historic turning point. Burning Maya ...

In the rolling countryside of the northern Yucatán, a team of researchers has brought to light the story of Hunacti—a short-lived 16th-century mission town whose stone streets and Spanish-style church ...