Copan Excavations In Honduras Reveal Royal Connections
Copan Excavations In Honduras Reveal Royal Connections
Hieroglyphic staircase in Copan (Honduras) | Photo: wikicommons
Published 3 September 2018
Scientists unearthing the Mayan ruins in Copan, Honduras are finding connections between royalty and the El Chorro community.
Scientists from Honduras and China are working together to uncover the history of the ruins in Copan, Honduras to understand a particular Mayan community, El Chorro, and their relationship with the Copan royal court more than 1,400 years ago.
Scientists from the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH) and the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences of China are investigating what’s called the 8N11 Group section of Honduras’ largest archeological site, to better understand the El Chorro community and its political and economic relationship with Copan Mayan royalty.
The excavations, which began in August 2015 and are expected to run until 2020. "In five years we hope to have investigated the entire complex and completed all restoration,” explained archaeologist Jorge H. Ramos from the INAH, in charge of the excavations.
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