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Places in Honduras matching “Copán Department” · Mysteria

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Places in Honduras matching “Copán Department”

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“Copán Department”

🇭🇳 Honduras · Pyramid

Copán — Temple 16 Pyramid and Hieroglyphic Stairway (Copán Department, Honduras)

Classic Maya (250–900 CE) · Maya (Copán dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo lineage)

Defining Classic Maya southeastern capital (250–900 CE) 12 km from Guatemala border, population 27,000.

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🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city

Copán

Classic 426–822 CE (dynastic Copán, peak 695–820) · Maya (southeast Petén sphere, Copán kingdom, non-Maya frontier)

Premier Classic southeastern Maya capital and sculpture capital: Acropolis with 4,500 glyph Hierarchical Stairway (longest Classic Maya text – 72 steps, 2,200 glyphs recording 14 kings), Rosalila…