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Copán Ruinas Was a Thriving City - Until One Day, It Went Away | National Geographic


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·Nov 11, 2024

[Music] Copan Ruinas is one of the most mysterious and spectacular cities of the Maya civilization. At its height, between 250 to 900 AD, approximately 27,000 mile IFFT. Here, thereafter, the civilization mysteriously crumbled, and the Copan Ruinas were left forgotten. The ruins were discovered by Spaniard Diego Garcia del Palacio in the 16th century, hiding the additional layers of buildings below. Most notably the Rasa-Lila Temple, a perfectly preserved temple inside structure 16, discovered by archaeologists in 1989. Overall, some 3,450 structures have been found within 27 square kilometers of the principal group of ruins.

Copan's most famous monument is the Hieroglyphic Stairway. [Music] The flight of 63 steps bears a history inscribed with more than 1,800 glyphs. But the entire story of the Maya is still shrouded in mystery, as some of the stairway is eroded or jumbled. Some archaeologists now believe the collapse of Copan was the result of a population boom coupled with agriculture that could not support the growth. [Music]

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