An early tour of the ancient Mayan city of Copán soon after being restored by the Honduran government, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and local Copanecos. The restoration work included the redirecting the Copán River and began just as the area was recovering from a severe earthquake in December 1934. Most interesting is a brief glimpse into the nearby town of Copán - a grass-covered central park, the church, and an ornate fountain built by the Carnegie staff. While the church and fountain remain much as they were, the grass has disappeared under stone and pavement. Many Copanecos recall that in the past, or "antes" as they would say, the parque central was once dominated by the shade of a tall Ceiba tree under which the town market operated until it was moved indoors in the 1950s. Evidently, the fountain/pila stands where the tree once did, or rather, the tree may have been cut down to make room for the fountain Carnegie built. Opinions differ. From the film collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (www.penn.museum via the Internet Archive: www.archive.org Uploaded here with the kind permission from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Tags :Copán, Ruinas, Ancient, Maya, Honduras, archaeology, tourismo, arqueologia, Carnegie, Institution, of, Washington, Ruta, Mesoamerica, copan, ruins, Maya Civilization

Author Wendy Murray discusses the background for her new novel, The Warrior King, as well as the novel's protagonists.
Tags :Maya, Yax Ku'k' Mo', Copan, Honduras, archaeology, mystery, female journalist, love story, Copan Ruinas, missionaries, Peru, Amazonian Tribes, linguistics

Its quite common that smaller archaeological sites are less protected, and hence, more pron to be damaged then monumental sites. In this brief video, MACHI member Tomas Gallareta Cervera describes some of the main issues that can endanger archaeological sites and some of the solutions that archaeologists have develop to protect them.
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Nestled in western Honduras are the Maya ruins of Copan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this video, you'll learn about this incredible site and how its artistic details differentiate it from other Maya cities. This video was filmed at the Copan ruins in July 2009, in conjunction with the Honduras Institute of Tourism.
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Archaeological Institute of America President Brian C. Rose's Plenary Session at the 112th AIA and APA Joint Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on January 6, 2011
Tags :archaeology, archeology, donny george, iraq, honduras, cultural heritage, culture, history, warfare, lecture, classical archaeology, public archaeology

The Mayan civilization enjoyed a glorious period from 325 AD to 925 AD. Skilled potters, weavers and farmers, the magnificent temples at Chichen Itza and Copan are among the legacies of peace-loving people. The Aztecs of Mexico are remembered for their architecture, sculpture, art, and for their religious rituals which included large scale human sacrifice. ________________________________________________________________ Buy this Documentary at: LoveFilms: www.lovefilm.com New Maya aztec meso america american central archaeology archaeological ucl london university mexico gautemala honduras tikal palenque calakamul artefact artifact music cromwell docu documentary history spanish spain empire teotihuacan
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Harvard archaeologists from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have been working in the Maya city of Copán Ruinas, Honduras, for years, unearthing the secrets of the civilization that once built pyramids there. In recent years, these archaeologists began digging at a new site, Rastrojón, perched on a mountainside where it would be visible to visitors as they enter the valley.
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I traveled to Copan one weekend to take a break from my dissertation research in El Salvador during the spring of 2000.
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A visit to the border town of Copán, Honduras at the turn of the nineteenth century. Many of these photos were taken by archaeologists from the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, who excavated the Mayan site of Copán from the 1890s through the late 1940s. Others were taken by Dr. Atilio Peccorini, a diplomat from El Salvador, who visited the area in 1917 and occasionally lectured on the subject of ancient American civilizations. For more on the early Peabody Museum and Carnegie Institution of Washington excavations at Copán, please see the following: www.peabody.harvard.edu Once difficult to come by, Peccorini's writings about Copán can be found here: docs.google.com Music: "Storm's Coming" composed by Jeff Beal from Carnivale: Soundtrack from the original HBO series.
Tags :Ancient, Maya, History, Ruins, Central, America, Honduras, Guatemala, Harvard, archaeology, Copán, Culture, Documentary

Coba archaeological site: Coba is an ancient Mayan city in the state of Quintana Roo, located 172 km from Cancun, and about 90km from Chichen Itza. Enveloped in the deep green of the tropical jungle, this ancient Mayan city rises up between two lagoons. In its era of splendour the site extended over 75 sq. km. History of Coba During its history, Coba had more than 50000 inhabitants, and was as important as Tikal in Guatemala, with which it maintained tight cultural ties. Coba exercised economic control over the region through a complex network of elevated stone and plaster roads, known in Maya as sacbe, radiating from the center of Coba to many other Mayan cities. The longest of these ran over 100km and led to the city of Yaxuna. Coba traded extensively with other Mayan communities, particularly the ones further south along the Caribbean coast in what is now Belize and Honduras. It utilized the ports of Xcaret, Xel-Há, Tancah, and Tulum. Mayan Archaeology in Coba Coba remained an important site in the Post-Classic era. The Mayan archaeology in Coba is truly inspiring. New temples were built and old ones were maintained until at least the 14th century, probably as late as the arrival of the Spanish. The site remained relatively unknown due to its remoteness, until the first modern road was opened up to Coba in the early 1970s. Once the major resort of Cancun was planned the Mexican government realized that clearing and restoring some of this enormous Mayan archaeological ...
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A treat for all my archaeology friends out there. Copán is translated to Wooden Bridge, however, the Mayan name is pronounced [something like] "chu pee", for, "City of the Bat" or "City of the Bird". Located in Honduras, near the frontier of Guatemala, Copán is renowned for it's courts, altars, and stele, laden with hieroglyphs explaining the details of the ethnosphere in the Mayan city. In its' small size, Copán, was a great experience with an extremely well done museum preserving the finds. Our guide said that "If Tikal is New York, then Copán is Paris." - he is brilliant! The following is a compilation of videos from the courts, pavilions, and tunnels of the original Bat City - Copán! Enjoy, Jonathan Ferrier
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Harvard archaeologists from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have been working in the Maya city of Copán Ruinas, Honduras, for years, unearthing the secrets of the civilization that once built pyramids there. In recent years, these archaeologists began digging at a new site, Rastrojón, perched on a mountainside where it would be visible to visitors as they enter the valley.
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Harvard archaeologists from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have been working in the Maya city of Copán Ruinas, Honduras, for years, unearthing the secrets of the civilization that once built pyramids there. In recent years, these archaeologists began digging at a new site, Rastrojón, perched on a mountainside where it would be visible to visitors as they enter the valley.
Tags :Mexico, Rescuing, History

Presentación de Xcaret en el 3er Congreso Internacional de Copán, ¨El Arte del Poder en el Mundo Maya¨, celebrado en Copán Ruinas Honduras.
Tags :Copan, Ruinas, Ruins, Honduras, Xcaret, México, Chicharramexico, Cancun, Maya, cultura, Mayan, culture, Archaeology, rainforest

Excursion au Honduras sur le site archéologique Maya de Copan 2.
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Flying from Antigua to Guatemala City and onwards to Copán, Honduras, with brief market stops. Footage taken by Watson Kintner in June and July, 1947. Silent. Color. Reel 4. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Source: www.archive.org Uploaded here with the kind permission of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Teaser for our upcoming series of videos about our trips to Guatemala, Mexico, and Honduras exploring Mayan ruins
Tags :Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Maya, ruins, archaeology, Yaxchilan, volcano, Pacaya, Palenque travel log tourism

By Ned Uysal and Cecilia Kruger Introduction to Archaeology Dean Trayford
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Too much sun and lots of sugar makes Sara crazy in Honduras.
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Introduction to a feature documentary on the history of the Maya decipherment. This is one of 8 scenes available on YouTube from the 2-hour documentary film Breaking the Maya Code, the winner of 5 Best Picture awards at International film festivals. For more on the film and the Maya script go to www.nightfirefilms.org or to buy the film on DVD go to www.nightfirefilms.net
Tags :Cracking, Maya, Mayan, Mayanist, Code, linguistics, linguist, language, epigraphy, epigrapher, archaeology, archaeologist, writing, script, glyph, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, decipher, decipherment, mathematics, math, arithmetic, astronomy, art, artist, tablet, stela, stelae, inscription, codex, codices, calendar, 2012, syllabary, syllable, syllabic, logogram, logograph, logographic, alphabet, explorers, scribe, scribal, ruins, temples, CCH, Pounder, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Palenque, Copan, Quirigua, Yucatan, Mesoamerica, history, mystery