(Maya's 800-plus glyphs compare to the several thousand characters ... Thompson had thought these were gods, but Proskouriakoff convincingly proved that they were kings and that the different ...

a mysterious Mayan god associated with both war and creation. However, erosion and a crack in the stone make the end of the passage almost illegible, though some read the last eroded glyphs as perhaps ...

During this period, Maya rulers were considered celestial representations of the gods on Earth ... Dynastic snakehead emblem ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests ...