The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you ...

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 ...

the symbols of these deities came to represent numbers. No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system.