In this feature, you can actually "read" a passage of glyphs carved into an ancient Maya stela, or dedicatory stone monument. You can both read the ancient Maya (transcribed using the Roman ...

Sacrifice was a significant part of Maya religious life because the gods sacrificed themselves to create the world. The iconography of the maize gods and serpents on this stele relates to this ...

Hiking through Copán and coming across this stele and altar, one might be taken aback. The face on the altar, on which the Mayas made sacrifices, seems frightening to us today. The stele represents ...