| Other courtly titles, the functions of which are not well understood, were yajaw kʼahk' "Lord of Fire" , tiʼhuun and ti'sakhuun | The hieroglyphic stairway at Copán comprises the longest surviving Maya hieroglyphic text, and consists of 2,200 individual glyphs |
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| The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction | The largest known triadic pyramid was built at El Mirador in the Petén Basin; it covers an area six times as large as that covered by Temple IV, the largest pyramid at Tikal |
Various points in the young prince's were marked by ritual; the most important was a bloodletting ceremony at age five or six years.
| The earliest inscriptions in an identifiably Maya script date back to 300—200 BC, in the Petén Basin | Such clans held that the land was the property of the clan ancestors, and such ties between the land and the ancestors were reinforced by the burial of the dead within residential compounds |
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| Plymouth, Devon, UK: Scarecrow Press | Journal of Latin American Geography |
| The capital of an Ancient Maya kingdom now named Lacanja Tzeltal, was revealed by researchers led by associate anthropology professor Charles Golden and bioarchaeologist Andrew Scherer in in the backyard of a Mexican farmer in 2020 | בשלב הראשון הוא השתמש בצמחים, ולאחר מכן על פי המאיה הוא יוצא לעולמות אחרים ולעיתים אף נלחם שם, ולוקח מהם את רסיסי הנשמה של החולה ומחזיר אותם לחולה |
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| The Maya had a long tradition of mural painting; rich polychrome murals have been excavated at San Bartolo, dating to between 300 and 200 BC | Mesoamerica was one of six worldwide |
As population increased over time, various sectors of society became increasingly specialised, and political organization became increasingly complex.
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