Copán

[ Spanish kaw-pahn ]

noun

1. Santa Rosa de Copán.

Copán

/ koˈpan /

noun

1. a village in W Honduras: site of a ruined Mayan city.

Example Sentences

After spending time with an archaeological team in Copán, Honduras, restoring Mayan ruins, he was inspired to use dry key construction, which requires no mortar or cement, to build pedestals for his figurative sculptures.

From Washington Post

Many volumes have been written about the prehistoric ruins of Guatemala and especially of Copan.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the sculptures in Copan and Palenque to which we have referred contain pictographs and hieroglyphs.

From Project Gutenberg

Similarly filed teeth have been discovered at Copan and in caves at Loltun.

From Project Gutenberg

Seler attempts to explain this series of 20 gods in another way; see his "Monumente von Copan und Quirigua" , p. 729.

From Project Gutenberg

This sign likewise occurs in a very similar form on Altar R of Copan.

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