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At one time it was believed that a stone hammock was set atop the remains of one of the Copan temples?
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The fronts of the temples were decorated with mosaics made out of stone, and no two buildings had the same pattern whatsoever? This lack of patterns has helped archaeologists determine the use of some of the buildings...
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Before there were laws against removing ancient artifacts from the Maya sites some of the most exquisite artwork from Copan was used as payment to the institutions investigating Copan?
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The Copan River had to be diverted from its previous course to prevent it from destroying the ancient buildings adjacent to the river bank?
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Sir Alfred Percival Maudslay managed to do some excavation at one of the buildings before it was destroyed by the river? In this structure he found an amazing collection of mosaic bats that at one time adorned the façade of the building...
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Frederick Catherwood, who made beatiful engravings of the art of Copan while on his reconnaissance trip with John Lloyd Stephens in 1839, described one other stelae that has not ever been found?
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In winter time there are over 300 species of birds residing in Copan?
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At Copan monuments have been found that were believed to serve as boundary markers for the site? This happens at no other site around the Maya World...
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The Emblem Glyph of Copan is the head of a bat (Tz'otz' in the Maya language) but the actual name of the site has nothing to do with bats at all?
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The site was baptized as Copan in the 16th century, since nobody knew the name by which the ancient people referred to the site? Copan was the nickname given to the oldest villager at the time; and he claimed the ruins were his property.
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The carved stelae and altars found at Copan have been the greatest display of craftsmanship found in the Maya World, according to a generalized agreement within the Maya scholarly community?
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Stelae were thought of as Stone Trees by the Maya, and many have special glyphs meaning these exact words? The Great Plaza at Copan was referred to as a forest of Stone Trees in one of these monuments.
- The complete rules to the Ball Game are not known entirely, but we know of different sets of rules for different sites?
