Maya ruins are the easily visible, truly astounding evidence of a long lasting, dynamic, American cultural tradition. The monumental architecure of the ancient Maya are only one part of the information that we have concerning these people. Due to advances in the traslation of the glyphic writing we now know mcuh about the ancient Maya. The inscriptions are concerned with dynasties and conquests, alliance and raids. And they record the geneology of the rulers.
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