After a three-month delay, the new exhibit “ Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises ” opens at Union Station on Friday. You’ll be able to see over 300 priceless artifacts, many of which are on display ...

Photo by Taylor Jones Like most people, I enjoy burritos. Unlike most people, I also enjoy learning about ancient hieroglyphic writing systems, because I’m Indiana—er—Language Jones.

Nov. 16, 2006 -- The Mayan ruins only tell part of their story. What about the ancient Maya themselves -- the people who built the pyramids and inhabited these cities?

Yet Monument Six has become known around the world as the stone that predicts the coming of a new era, or the "end of the world." Most of this speculation arises from the last six hieroglyphics on ...

Maya epigraphers believe the hieroglyphic stair was commissioned by the ruler of Caracol, Lord K'an II, to record the story of his victory over the site of Naranjo, 15km west of Xunantunich.

Because Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises contains rare and sensitive cultural items the exhibition almost didn’t happen at all, says Royal BC Museum’s Head of Knowledge Leah Best.

Researchers in Mexico said they have decoded the hieroglyphic name on the Palenque tomb of ancient Mayan King Pakal, revealing it to read "The House of the Nine Sharpened Spears", more than sixty ...