If the soaring ruins at Tikal conjure a civilization at the peak of its ceremonial hubris -- with temples that dwarf the very jungle -- the Copan ruins recall something more like a quiet city by the ...

K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his history. For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E.

Skeletons unearthed from the ruins of the ancient city of Copán in Honduras have yielded clues to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. Copán, now a Unesco World Heritage site, thrived during the ...

The site of Copán in Honduras contained the most famous Maya stone carving known as Altar Q. It was deemed that they might have used hand signs to represent key dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar.

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As our United Airlines flight was descending into San Pedro Sula airport, the large square fields outside La Lima and the serpentine Ulua river brought back memories of so many landings and time here ...

A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent key dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. When you ...

Near the Guatemalan border, the small city of Copan is home to the ruins of a Mayan capital city that collapsed in the ninth century. Speaking through an interpreter in the parish hall of Sacred Heart ...

GETTING THERE: Other than a charter air strip, Copan doesn't have an airport (they are reportedly building one in the next few years). The closest international gateway is San Pedro Sula, Honduras, ...