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Maya pottery --- Copán Site (Honduras). --- Copán (Honduras : Dept.) --- Antiquities.

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Here is a thrilling first-hand account of the discoveries that are ravolutionizing our knowledge of the ancient Maya and bringing a lost city back to life. Copán in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Abandoned to the rainforest for nearly a thousand years, it was rediscovered early in the 19th century. Explorers found ruined temples, plazas, and more hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted monuments than in any other site in the New World. But the stones were silent, the script undeciphered. Who had ruled this ancient city ? How long did it flourish, and why did it collapse ? At last, after a century of research at the site, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copán and the ancient Maya. William Fash, himself one of the key contributors to this recent breakthrough, show how decipherment of the Maya inscriptions, together with new tomb finds, have unlocked the secrets of Copán's history. He describes the city's rise to statehood, its triumphs in the 7th century, its later misfortunes and its eventual demise in the 9th century. All aspects of life in Copán are discussed, and the site's spectacular architecture, sculpture, and jade artifacts are fully illustrated in photographs and drawings.

History of civilization --- Copán --- Mayas --- Copán Site (Honduras)

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Anthropology --- Archaeology --- Field notes --- Geology --- Illustrations --- Mayan art --- Copán --- Honduras

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Mayas --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Copãn Site (Honduras) --- Honduras --- Copan, Site de (Honduras) --- Copán Site (Honduras) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités