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The 25 pages that link to Maya script, each with the reason it gives.

• EpigraphyRelated: Maya inscriptions have transformed knowledge of dynasties, warfare, and ritual.

• Maya peoplesRelated: Inscriptions provide evidence for ancient Maya histories beyond later colonial accounts.

• Indigenous languages of the AmericasRelated: Its inscriptions preserve direct evidence of some Mesoamerican languages and histories.

• Popol VuhRelated: Its contrast with the alphabetic manuscript clarifies the text’s colonial transmission.

• TikalRelated: Tikal’s inscriptions document rulers, warfare, rituals, and political relationships.

• Chichen ItzaRelated: Inscriptions at Chichen Itza preserve evidence that complements its monumental architecture.

• Maya codicesRelated: Its signs carry the texts painted across the codices’ folded pages.

• Maya numeralsRelated: Numerals appear in inscriptions alongside the system’s other written signs.

• Maya mythologyRelated: Classic-period inscriptions preserve mythic references alongside royal histories and ritual records.

• Maya religionRelated: Inscriptions preserve ancient accounts of ceremonies, gods, rulers, and sacred dates.

• Mesoamerican languagesRelated: Its decipherment provides direct historical evidence for some, but not all, Mayan languages.

• Dresden CodexRelated: Its signs carry the manuscript’s dates, deities, and written annotations.

• UxmalRelated: Inscriptions at Uxmal connect its buildings and rulers to Maya written history.

• 2012 phenomenonRelated: Improved decipherment lets scholars test popular prophecy claims against what inscriptions actually say.

• John Lloyd StephensRelated: Stephens encountered inscriptions whose meanings were not yet understood in his era.

• Classic Maya collapseRelated: The waning of dated inscriptions provides a key chronological marker, though it does not track population by itself.

• Pre-Columbian artRelated: Its signs appear on monuments, ceramics, and manuscripts as both text and image.

• Kʼinich Janaabʼ PakalRelated: Pakal’s inscriptions use this system to present dates, ancestry, and royal deeds.

• MayanismRelated: Deciphered inscriptions provide evidence that can test claims about ancient Maya beliefs.

• Yax Ehb XookRelated: Inscriptions provide evidence for Tikal’s rulers and the dynastic traditions associated with him.