Thompson also developed a numerical cataloguing technique, the "T"-numbering system, for each glyph (left). This enabled experts to easily discuss symbols that had yet to be fully understood or ...

A series of Maya hieroglyphs may look like just so many pretty pictures or symbols to you ... you can actually "read" a passage of glyphs carved into an ancient Maya stela, or dedicatory stone ...

Libra is intellectual, artistic, and people-oriented. Its glyph resembles the sun rising over the scales of justice. Its symbol, the scales, represents the reconciliation of opposites inherent in ...