When you hear stories of ancient cultures, you tend to think of them as only existing in the past. While the Mayan empire was at its height centuries ago, the Mayan people, language and customs ...

The ancient Mayas also invented groundbreaking ... called Ch’orti’) shares many similarities with the traditional Mayan language. Image caption, In the seventh century, this village was ...

You can both read the ancient Maya (transcribed using the Roman alphabet ... Along the way, you'll get a good taste of the language—and you'll see just how important dates and numbers were ...

A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered ... which it has named Ocomtun – meaning “stone column” in the Yucatec Maya language – would have been an important centre ...