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 the enigmatic Mesoamerican civilization.

He “knew that the Maya script—with its 800 or so characters—could not have been an alphabet in which each letter matches one phoneme”, says Nikolai Grube, an epigrapher and anthropologist ...

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 ...

Autodesk has upgraded the low-cost version of its development suite, Maya LT. The system aimed at small team, now has support for Maya Embedded Language scripting, new OBJ export options and ...

A decade of Maya glyphic decipherment creates many opportunities for historical, linguistic, cultural, and archaeological interpretation. New evidence points to improvements in understanding ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract During the past twenty years, significant progress has been made in determining the nature of the Maya script, the subjects covered in the ...

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 ...

Deciphering Maya: A Time Line By Rima Chaddha Posted 04.08.08 NOVA When the Spanish conquered the Maya empire in the 16th century, they forced their new subjects to convert to Christianity and ...