What You Probably Don’t Know About the Ancient Mayans

Published on January 18, 2018
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The Written Word.

Why yes, the ancient Mayans were were literate and had a written language and even books. In fact, they used hieroglyphics (symbols for words) and there were about 800 symbols.

The Written Word.

The Written Word.

Quite the Puzzle.

In fact, there use of hieroglyphics was one of the most complex systems found on Earth, and it only began to be successfully decoded back in the 1950’s.

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Quite The Puzzle.

Quite The Puzzle.