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 ...

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 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 ...

NARRATOR: His name is Yax K'uk Mo'. His spirit haunts this valley, deep in the rainforest of Honduras. He is the legendary founder of Copan, a Maya city mysteriously abandoned over 1000 years ago. For ...

When John [Lloyd] Stephens came here about 160 years ago, he speculated that the inscriptions contained royal history, that it was history written in stone. It turned out he was absolutely right. He ...

Tourists visit the Maya site of Copan in Honduras, April 1, 2023. The city of Copan, with its temples, squares, terraces and other characteristics, is an excellent representation of Classic Mayan ...

She said site of Copan was first populated in 1600 BC, but it wasn't until the cultural heyday of AD 400-800 that the Rosalila was built. Mystery surrounds the Maya people, who had largely disappeared ...

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 ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Deep in the tropical jungle of western Honduras, lays the ancient Maya city of Copán, welcoming visitors seeking history, archaeology, adventure or a unique mystical experienc ...

2003: World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission; 2005: ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission. 2011 Report on the Joint WHC / ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Maya Site of Copan ...