Maya Hieroglyphs Archive

Xibalba: Nine-Leveled Underground Place Of Fear Ruled By Lords Of Death In Maya Beliefs

AncientPages.com | May 12, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya believed that the underworld – Xibalba - was a ‘place of fear’. In some ancient accounts, it is a domain of

Archaeology

Ancient Maya Astronomers Predicted Meteor Showers 2 Millennia Ago – Mayan Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Reveal

AncientPages.com | September 12, 2017

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya were good astronomers who could record and interpret every aspect of the sky. They watched various celestial bodies and were more skilled astronomers than

Ancient History Facts

Dresden Codex – Probably The Oldest And Best Preserved Book Of The Maya

AncientPages.com | June 24, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Only four Mayan pictorial manuscripts have survived the organized book-burnings of Franciscan missionaries following the Spanish Conquest. None of these pre-Conquest manuscripts, record chronicles