Category: copan

Ancient Maya produced high-quality textiles

That the ancient Maya produced high-quality textiles will come as little surprise to anyone who has traveled through the modern Maya world. But because few textiles are preserved…

Stela B, Copan

In every civilization of the ancient world, there are art works and monuments that stand out among their fellows as objects of special character. The great portrait sculptures…

Maya Symbology: Bat

The bat’s association with night and with caves was significant to the ancient Maya, who equated nightime with death and viewed caves as the gateway to the underworld,…

Interactive Copan Map

PAPAC, the Proyecto Arqueologico para la Planificacion de la Antigua Copan (Copan Urban Planning Project) has announced a new interactive map of the ruins. In truth there isn’t…

Ancient Maya Tomb Found in Copan

The tomb is dated to 650, placing it near the beginning of the Late Classic period. With typical journalistic hype, the National Geographic article announcing the find states…

Maya Architecture and the Golden Mean

Mathematicians define the golden section as a relation in which the smaller unit is to te larger unit as the larger is to the sum. In other words,…