Together, this manuscript and the Dresden Codex proved essential ... They understand how the ancient language was spoken compared to modern Maya and have begun to grasp the lost civilization's ...

Ancient Maya priests presided over biannual honey harvesting ... He appears frequently in the 1,100-year-old Madrid Codex, one of just three surviving Postclassic manuscripts created by the ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...