Catherwood struggled to copy the stelae and glyphs he uncovered at Copán because the form and style of Maya art was completely new to him. There was little light through the canopy to draw by. Compare ...

Hiking through Copán and coming across this stele and altar, one might be taken aback. The face on the altar, on which the Mayas made sacrifices, seems frightening to us today. The stele represents ...

The southernmost Mayan ruins reside in Copan, Honduras. The city of Copan is small and tightly packed with a community of ...