The Maya Developed Intricate Hieroglyphs

The Maya were the first to develop a comprehensive writing system, and their glyphs may be found on monuments, buildings, stones, books, and pottery. The Preclassic period, which lasted from 300 BC to 100 BC, produced many of these works. The written language is made up of around 800 hieroglyphs, each of which represents a syllable. The Maya utilized words that were made up of hundreds of hieroglyphs, and each syllable had its unique meaning. They employed hieroglyphs to document their way of life, rituals, significant events, and cultural and festival elements. These hieroglyphs were thought to be one of Mesoamerica's most advanced languages.

Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a Siberian-born American archeologist, was invited to join a Mayan archeological expedition in the early twentieth century. She began studying Mayan glyphs once she arrived, and she quickly established herself as an expert in the subject of understanding this ancient script. She got famous overnight after writing a study in the 1960s about the Maya way of life. "Upended frog" and "toothache" were among the glyphs she discovered. The Maya birth and death records, as well as the names of Mayan monarchs, were all discovered thanks to the symbols she decoded.