Copan Honduras

The small town of Copan Honduras just a kilometer or so from the Copan ruins.


A replica of a Mayan temple. The Mayans built a pyramid on top of the original temple so that when the archeologists found it all of it's original stucco and colors had been preserved. Since the original is still inside a solid pyramid it's not possible for tourists to see the original.


The museum at the copan ruins. Archeologists are bring the original pieces into the museum to protect them from further erosion and placing replicas outside.


birds


the ruins.


A pyramid and the entrance to a tunnel which the archeologists use to study the insides of the various structures.


More ruins


Still more ruins. While the Mayans were not very tall all the steps on the buildings are better suited to 9' tall then 5' tall people. Apparently the reason for this is that the steps where primarily used as seating which is why the alters tend to be on the ground level.


More ruins including the ball court. There where no perennial losers in that sport as the losers tended to be sacrificed. The players weren't lacking motivation either.


I believe the technical term for this  is "statue thing"


A close up of one of the statues with some of the original color remaining.


Funky plant