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The ruins at Copán contain some of the most beautiful pre-Columbian artefacts ever, and once served as the civil, political, and religious centre for the entire Copan Valley. While day trips to the ...

The early-morning sun burnishes the stone temples in Copan to a golden sheen, while on their facades, serpents writhe, jaguars crouch, birds preen and gods grimace in a pantomime that has been going ...

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 ...

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 ...

Absolutely stunning! The view from the garden of Hacienda San Lucas was breathtaking. Reminding me of the beauty of the undulating hills of Umbria, Italy. To the left of the panoramic view, the red ...

2003 Report on the Joint UNESCO-ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Maya Site of Copan, 18-24 February 2003 1999 Report on the ICOMOS Expert Mission to Central America following the passage of ...