Show origin of mayas unknown where the mayas came from Is one of the worlds ancient mys teries research Is now going on in IA the vatican library in the hope of tracing manuscripts of priests who visited america at the time of the spanish conquest it Is hoped that these may prove a key to the mayan hieroglyphics which have been found at the time of the conquest the mayas had a vast literature preserved on scrolls of papyrus these were gathered and burned by the spanish invaders despite the fact that the mayas had evolved a corn complex civilization and had developed astronomy and mathematics matles to a stage not surpassed by the ancient egyptians E the source of this civilization Is un known |