Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes, who led massacres in Mexico but who also, some scholars believe, had the famous Dresden Codex—one of just four Maya illustrated books surviving ...
Ah Mucen Kab, a Maya deity, was worshipped as the god of bees and honey. He showed up quite often in the Madrid Codex, a 1,110-year-old Postclassic manuscript that the ancient Maya created.