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The carvings represent a story told, whether it be the journey to the underworld of their rulers, their beliefs, their sacrificial rituals, stories of their wars and of their Gods.

  • The Mayan script is logosyllabic combining about 550 logograms (which represent whole words) and 150 syllabograms (which represent syllables). There were also about 100 glyphs representing place names and the names of gods. About 300 glyphs were commonly used.
  • Examples of the script have been found carved in stone and written on bark, wood, jade, ceramics, and a few manuscripts in Mexico, Guatemala and northern Belize
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