Exclusive: David Keys explains how a major study into the Aztecs’ hieroglyphic writing system suggests it was one of the most sophisticated scripts that humanity has ever produced.

The Aztec hieroglyphic system was among several developed by different civilisations in the Americas. The oldest known one was that which was developed by the Zapotecs, who lived in what is now ...

Drawing on how ancient rulers were immortalized by recognizable symbols, public artist Adam Hernandez hopes to incorporate elements that are unique to him into his artwork.

By presenting a new interpretation of a Maya hieroglyphic verb, Gerardo Aldana, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UC Santa Barbara, has revised the understanding of one of the ...

By presenting a new interpretation of a Maya hieroglyphic verb, Gerardo Aldana, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UC Santa Barbara, ... but represented by an image in the Aztec ...

Google’s Arts and Culture vertical has been known to release fun apps and tools to help people engage with art and history. Now, the company is launching a web-based AI tool to let users ...

After some 20 years of detailed research, Professor Whittaker has discovered that, like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Aztec writing system could be used not just to convey a limited number of ...