No such luck—but that didn't diminish the mystery that enshrouds the ancient city in Guatemala ... lays claim to the most extensive hieroglyphics in the Mayan world, narrating the city's ...

Out of perhaps thousands of bark-cloth books recording Mayan history, culture and religion—written in hieroglyphics as ... The holy book of ancient Persia’s quasi-monotheistic creed survives ...

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(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 ...