As the powerful city of Copán began to flourish, new genetic influences from highland Mexico appeared, suggesting vibrant cultural and population exchanges. However, when the civilization eventually ...

A new study analyzing skeletons buried near Copán reveals the collapse, but not total erasure, of the Maya civilization over 1,200 years ago.

A new DNA study of ancient remains from Copán, Honduras, reveals deep links between the ancient Maya and modern-day communities.

Salvadoran journalist Javier Antonio Hércules Salinas was shot and killed in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, about 200 km northwest of Tegucigalpa. Gunmen ambushed him while he drove his taxi, a side ...

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital city in the classic Maya world, situated at the crossroads between ...

Skeletons unearthed from the ruins of the ancient city of Copán in Honduras have yielded clues to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. Copán, now a Unesco World Heritage site, thrived during ...

Ruins of the maya city of Copan in Honduras. Credit: Talk2winik / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Copán was one of the most important cities in the Maya world. It was located at the southeastern ...

Burial 36-2000, one of the largest uncovered outside the Acropolis in Copán’s 130-year history of archaeological investigation. Photo: Professor Seiichi Nakamura The rise of the renowned ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from ...

Copán, the second vessel in Crowley’s series of four Avance Class LNG-fueled containerships on charter from Eastern Pacific Shipping, has followed its sister vessel, Quetzal, into service and begun ...

“Copán and its sister ships continue our investments to innovate our frequent and fast ocean carrier capabilities to meeting the critical needs of customer in the U.S., Central America and the ...