Place: Copan, Honduras
Weather: Thunderstorms, 61/75F.
Route: From Quirigua 162 km South on CA 9, CA 10, CA 11.
Significance: This is one of the last Mayan ruins that we will visit. It is worth reflecting on the incredible number of large sites (Aztec, Olmec, Mayan etc) that run from north of Mexico City to Honduras (and beyond). This part of the world had as impressive of civilization as anything in Europe - especially at the time that these civilizations were at their height. Copan specifically had many advances in mathematics and astronomy. Its hieroglyphic stairway plaza has over 1,800 individual glyphs making it one of the most impressive in the Mayan world.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Life size replica of Rosalia Temple at Copan Museum (from atlasobscura.com)
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