Copan (Honduras) and the Mayan Ruins

Copan (Honduras) and the Mayan Ruins

The town of Copan is built on a mountain (there are very few places in this region where one can build other than on a mountain). The Mayan ruins and a bird sanctuary lie just a few minuted drive from the town.
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Copan, Honduras - narrow streets steep on the mountain side
[0] 169_01copan.jpg is (202)KB		Paved with rocks
[1] 169_02copan.jpg is (186)KB		and so steep as to cause one to pause
[2] 169_03copan.jpg is (113)KB		Does the donkey have the right of way?
[3] 169_04donkey.jpg is (197)KB		Mayan ruins layout
[4] 169_04mayan.jpg is (199)KB
Parrots fly over the entrance to the ruins
[5] 169_05parotmayan.jpg is (190)KB		and roost in the trees
[6] 169_06parotmayan.jpg is (274)KB		Left to right, Archbishop John, Archbishop Andres, and Bishop Fernando
[7] 169_07johnandresfernando.jpg is (249)KB		Small pyramid at the entrance
[8] 169_08mayanpyrmd.jpg is (168)KB		Close-up of a larger structure
[9] 169_09maya.jpg is (242)KB
Pictograph story board
[10] 169_10maya.jpg is (255)KB		fallen columnular carving
[11] 169_11maya.jpg is (193)KB		More carvings
[12] 169_12maya.jpg is (193)KB		Games were played on the field under their feet. Depending on the desires of the rulers, the winners or the losers would be sacrificed. A very bloody religion
[13] 169_13fernjohnmaya.jpg is (257)KB		The carved figure has a frog face and human body and limbs
[14] 169_14maya.jpg is (232)KB
Playing field
[15] 169_15johnandresmaya.jpg is (241)KB		More carvings
[16] 169_16andresmaya.jpg is (246)KB		The previous views are under the protective tent
[17] 169_17maya.jpg is (214)KB		Temple ruins - but the whole area really was a temple
[18] 169_18maya.jpg is (236)KB		Path to a higher level in the ruins
[19] 169_19trailmaya.jpg is (210)KB
Bp Fernando assists Abp John
[20] 169_20trailfernjohnmya.jpg is (204)KB		Looking into the bowl formed by buildings in the midst of the temple
[21] 169_21plateaumya.jpg is (223)KB		And a view off into the distance - we were very high up
[22] 169_22pyrmidtrutreemya.jpg is (228)KB		If you paid an additional twenty dollars or so you could see a painting of a jaguar god - none of us saw it
[23] 169_23fernjohnmya.jpg is (190)KB		Looking into another bowl formed by the buildings
[24] 169_24fernjohnmya.jpg is (230)KB
One of the altars where living humans were cut up and sacrificed
[25] 169_25sacrificemya.jpg is (258)KB
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