Archaeologists reported that the script sample, discovered at San Bartolo in northeastern Guatemala, is clear evidence that the Maya were writing more than 2,300 years ago.

Taken together, these samples imply that the text was painted between 300 and 200 B.C. But it's likely that Mayan writing goes back a lot further, Saturno said.

Researchers excavating the ruins of an ancient pyramid in northeastern Guatemala have discovered examples of the earliest known Maya writing, produced between 300 B.C. and 200 B.C.

Since there are roughly 10,000 Mayan texts, but Isthmian is attested in only five to 10 samples, each new context provides invaluable opportunity for testing. "We have just found another inscription, ...

Mayan glyphs were also generally spared in temples, but a Spanish bishop, Diego de Landa, famously burned most Mayan texts in the 1500s. Archaeologists continue to find earlier and earlier examples of ...

Mesoamerican cultures shaped the history of Central America through remarkable achievements in architecture, science, and society. Among the most influential were the Maya, who thrived in present ...