The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

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

Over the past decade, the Mayan calendar has been subjected to close examination and intense debate. Could an ancient ...

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

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

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The 2025 International Youth Poetry Festival—Special Session for China-Latin American Countries kicked off in Xi’an, capital ...

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Lasers have exposed over 61,000 ancient Maya structures hidden in Guatemala's jungle, revealing a massive civilization.

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