No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system. Can you figure out their numbering system?

The quest to decipher Maya hieroglyphs began with the very Spanish invaders whose hegemonic rule did so much to wipe out the ancient Maya script. Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes ...

This enigmatic collection of burned bones and royal artifacts, dumped in a chamber and covered by building fill, “is nicely clarified by ritual links to practices known from Maya hieroglyphs and ...