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Copán Ruinas is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán. The town, located close to the Guatemalan border, is a major gateway for tourists traveling to the Pre-Columbian ruins of Copán. The
Main Plaza in Copán Ruinas
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Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civiliza
Copán Ruinas
…Honduran department of Copán. The town, located close to the Guatemalan border, is a major gateway for tourists traveling to the Pre-Columbian ruins of Copán. The Copán ruins house a UN World Heritage site and are renowned for the hieroglyphic staircase, stellae, and museum.[a] Every year in December, the…
One of two simian sculptures on Temple 11, possibly representing howler monkey gods.
Stela H at Copán, commissioned by Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil
Ceramic lid shaped to represent K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', recovered from the tomb of the 7th-century king Smoke Imix, under Temple 26
Stela 63, probably dating to the reign of K'inich Popol Hol