Read almost any of the Maya's ancient writings and it's clear that numbers played a significant role in their culture—there are few documents that don't contain at least some. As you might expect, the ...

When Martha Macri was growing up in Vinita, Okla., her father liked to teach her words in Cherokee. On Sundays they would visit a full-blood uncle who had a copy of the famous syllabary invented by ...

Writing From Guatemala City — The world may not end two years from now, despite Internet predictions and this week’s blockbuster disaster movie, “2012.” On screen, the final day in the 5,126-year Maya ...