A vertical column of 10 glyphic words, uncovered last year in ruins in Guatemala, is unreadable even by the most expert scholars, but they know what it means – that Maya writing is older than once ...

A year ago, on May 28, renowned author Maya Angelou died at age 86. But her legacy continues to live on. In April, the U.S. Postal Service released a stamp with Angelou’s picture on it and a quote ...

At the height of the Mayan civilization, the only literate society in pre- Columbian America, kings fervently, perhaps desperately, believed in the power of the pen. Whether they thought it mightier ...