Travelling Chris

· Copán, Honduras

Copan Photos

To the ruins!

To the ruins

Here´s some photos of the ball court. According to the guide, the captain of the losing team would be sacrificed to the gods!

And heres one of the sacrificial alters. The channel is for the blood to run down so that it can easily be collected...

Alter

These steps record the history of Copan.

Steps

More ruins...

Rubble

Much more detailed carving here compared to Tikal.

Pole

And lots of colourful birds.

Bird

1 comment

  1. Anonymous

    Nice birds, amazing ruines!!! I mised it: another good reason to fly back to Central America!

    :)

    Lucia.

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