Read almost any of the Maya's ancient writings and it's clear that numbers played a significant role in their culture—there are few documents that don't contain at least some. As you might expect, the ...

Students working with teacher Bob Miller attempt to determine the rules that govern the way Maya numbers are written using some examples of Maya numbers that have been converted into Arabic numbers.

Meso Maya turns 13 on Aug. 16, and it’s not just any anniversary for the restaurant specializing in interior Mexican cuisine. In Mayan cosmology, the number 13 represented the beginning of a whole new ...

Archaeologists have stumbled on a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations in the buried ninth century city of Xultun. The room was... Mayan Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest ...

Under an earthen mound deep in the Guatemalan rainforest, archaeologists have discovered what they say is the earliest evidence to date of the sophisticated astronomy and time-keeping rituals of the ...