 Museo de la Escultura de Copan - Sculpture Museum of Copan |
 The cave-like entrance to the Copan Museum |
 The entrance of the museum is supposed to evoke the archaeological tunnels carved into the Copan Acropolis |
 First view of the "Rosalila" at the end of the tunnel |
 Full-scale replica of the Rosalila Temple which was buried by later temple construction |
 The Rosalila Temple dates from ca 550 AD and discovered in 1991 |
 Information about the Rosalila Temple |
 Rosalila Temple reconstruction, Copan Museum |
 Elaborate stucco reliefs on the temple façade |
 While most old temples are destroyed to form the core of the next larger pyramid-temple, the Rosalila was buried intact |
 The Rosalila was dedicated by Copan's 8th ruler |
 The Rosalila honors Copan's 1st ruler, K'inich Yax K' uk' Mo' (r. 416-437 AD) |
 Impressive relief on the Rosalila Temple |
 Carved head, Copan Museum |
 Of all the Mayan sites, Copan is most famous for its sculpture |
 Chronology of the Mayan Kings of Copan |
 One of Copan's famous stelae preserved in the Copan Museum |
 Stele P from the West Court of the Acropolis - 11th Ruler, 632 AD |
 Altar Q from the West Court of the Acropolis, a tribute to the 16th Ruler of Copan, 763 AD |
 The 16th Ruler receiving the baton of office from the 1st Ruler and the other preceding rulers |
 Detail of Alter Q showing one of the rulers of Copan |
 Detail from the west staircase of Structure 16 with skulls and a Tlaloc mask |
 Skulls from the west staircase of Structure 16 |
 K'inich Yax Ku'k' Mo' as the Sun Deity surrounded by ropes |
 Skull and bones from the south side of Structure 26 |
 Stela in the Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Detail of the ruler's crown on a stela, Copan Musuem |
 Architectural details from Temple 21A, Copan Musuem |
 Bust from Temple 21 - human figure symbolically brought forth from the supernatural realm |
 Limestone disk which served as a tombstone beneath the hieroglyphic stairway with the earliest known inscription found a Copan |
 Cast of the Motmot Disk with Copan's earliest known inscription with the 1st and 2nd Rulers |
 Cama Zotz - Killer Bat associated with the underworld, death and sacrifice, from Structure 20 |
 Stela A from Copan's Great Plaza portraying the 13th Ruler, dedicated in 731 AD |
 Stela A - headdress with a woven mat design with 4 serpents |
 Detail of Stela A, the Ruler Waxaklajun Ubaah K'awiil |
 Head from an unknown façade which demonstrates the artistic skills of Copan's sculptors |
 Another head from an unknown façade, Copan Museum |
 A variety of heads found at Copan |
 Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Sculptures discovered in a buried room of a demolished building inside Structure 26 dating to the reign of the 13th Ruler |
 Water Bird - the highest relief structure found in Copan |
 Rosalila Temple reconstruction - Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Rosalila Temple reconstruction - Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Rosalila Temple reconstruction - Copan Sculpture Museum |
 Rosalila Temple from the Museum's upper level |
 Ballcourt I, Copan Museum |
 Replica of macaw that decorated the earliest Ballcourt at Copan |
 The "Old Man of Copán" - head of one of the old deities called Pawahtuuns who held up the surface of the earth, from Temple 11 |
 Doorway to the Temple of the Meditation (Temple 22) |
 Stacked corner masks from Temple 22 |
 Sculpture from the façade of the Scribe's Palace from Las Sepulturas |
 Scribe's Palace - portrait of the building's occupant (Structure 9N-82) |
 Sculpture from the façade of the Scribe's Palace, ca 780 AD |
 Serpent niche from the lower façade of the Scribe's Palace |
 Sculpture from the Scribe's Palace, Las Sepulturas |
 Detail of the Hieroglyphic Bench, ca 782 AD |
 Personage from Structure 22A, Copan |
 Structure 22A - Popol Nah (Mat House) from the reign of the 14th Ruler of Copan |
 Sculptural detain from Structure 22A, Copan |
 Structure 32 from the principal plaza at the royal living compound south of the Arcopolis |
 Structure 32 from the principal plaza at the royal living compound south of the Arcopolis |
 Sculpture on the façade of Structure 32 |
 Sculpture on the façade of Structure 32 |
 South façade of Structure 29 - ancestral shrine |
 Structure 29 - symbols used by the ruling dynasty |
 Central figure of the south façade of Structure 29 |
 Artist's rendition of Copan used throughout the museum to point out the original location of structures moved into the museum |
 Detail from Structure 8N-66 - Maize Deities |
 Structure 8N-66 is from the residential district of Copan, Las Sepulturas |
 Detail from Structure 8N-66 - Maize Deities |
 Mask with waterlily vegetation and maize flanking the doorway, Structure 8N-66 |
 Detail from the Skyband Bench, Structure 8N-66 |
 The Skyband Bench was from the interior room of a larger central structure |
 Skyband Bench - the Sun |
 Skyband Bench - the Moon Deity |
 Skyband Bench - Milky Way |
 Hieroglyphic inscription from the interior of Temple 26, Copán |
 Detail from the hieroglyphics of Temple 26 |
 Detail from the hieroglyphics of Temple 26 |
 Statue from Temple 26 at the top of the Hieroglyphic Stairway |
 The 13th Ruler of Copan was captured in battle and sacrificed in neighboring Quirigua |
 Mayan altar left in a field next to the Copan Musuem |
 Museo de Escultura Maya de Copan |