USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mayan system of writing contains more than 800 characters, including some that are hieroglyphic and other phonetic signs representing syllables. The hieroglyphic signs are pictorial-i.e., they are recognizable pictures of real objects-representing animals, people, and objects of daily life.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maya wrote what we call hieroglyphs (glyphs for short). Their writing is a logosyllabic system in which some signs called logograms represent words or ideas (like “shield” or “jaguar”), while other signs called syllabograms (or phonograms) represent sounds in the form of single syllables (like “pa”, “ma”).

Detailed explanation-3: -While the Maya used their unique writing to record their history-including their mythology and the actions of their kings-on stelae, on buildings, and in codices (the plural of codex, which means book), one of the most important uses for their hieroglyphics was their calendar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeologists have discovered the earliest known examples of Maya hieroglyphs deep within a 2500-year-old temple in Guatemala.