When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study claims that Altar Q, made by the Maya in the eighth century A.D., may convey a deeper ...

Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan, one has been especially hard to crack: how did its residents use the many signs and symbols found on its murals and ...

An anthropologist believes he uncovered a second script on Altar Q, one of the most famous and elaborately carved Mayan monuments, and it is unusual: sign language. The anthropologist claims that the ...

Altar Q, a Mayan monument carved approximately 1,300 years ago in Honduras, may reveal a code that has eluded scientists until now. A recent study suggests that the hand signs depicted on this altar ...

(Most of them are holding something in the other ... "The observations work as verification because they're not dependent on one another." The Maya writing system is incredibly complex; it uses the ...

TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan, one has been especially hard to crack: how did its residents use the many signs and ...