Researchers have deciphered a medieval Maya text, the Dresden Codex, revealing its sophisticated method for predicting solar ...

By comparing the table with our modern knowledge of eclipse cycles, they found that with this method, the Maya would have ...

The identity of a long-forgotten Maya ruler has been revealed after the discovery of ancient hieroglyphics in Mexico. Ix ...

Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her name before they ...

New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.

K’awiil is the name of a Mayan deity associated with divine lightning and royalty. Associating the god with Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ...

The history of Cobá—a Maya epicenter buried in the jungle—are coming to light, including the name of the woman who ruled over ...

Ancient hieroglyphics discovered in Mexico have revealed the identity of a long-forgotten Mayan ruler. The inscription — ...

Trade the Colombian coast for a taste of the Mexican Caribbean, as the city of Campeche beckons the adventurious.

Ix Ch'ak Ch'een joins a distinguished roster of known Maya queens including Yohl Ik'nal of Palenque, who ruled in the late 6th century, and Lady K'abel of El Peru-Waka', who held the title of kaloomte ...

The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the Maya could have maintained accuracy across generations, a mathematical ...

In my book, Olmec Language and Literature, I explain how I deciphered the Olmec language. One of the most important documents used in my research was a Bi-lingual Mayan-Olmec text inscribed on a brick ...