The vast majority of Maya codices:
A) are housed in the National Museum of Maya Culture in Guatemala
B) have been translated and serve as the basis for our current understanding of the kingly lineages at most Maya sites
C) are missing, having been taken by Aztec invaders of the Yucatan sometime in the late fifteenth century
D) were destroyed upon the order of the Spanish Bishop of the Yucatan

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The vast majority of Maya codices were destroyed by the Spanish, particularly under the orders of Bishop Diego de Landa in the 16th century, as part of the effort to convert the Maya people to Christianity and eradicate their written records, which were seen as heretical.

The Vast Majority of Maya Codices