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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COPAN  , an

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ancient ruined
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city of western
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Honduras, near the Guatemalan frontier, and on the right
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bank of the Rio Copan, a tributary of the Motagua . For an
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account of its elaborately sculptured
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stone buildings, which
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rank among the most celebrated monuments of Mayan
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civilization, see CENTRAL
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AMERICA:
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Archaeology . The city is sometimes regarded as identical with the
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Indian stronghold which, after a heroic resistance, was stormed by the Spaniards, under Hernando de
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Chaves, in 1530 . It has given its name to the
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department in which it is situated .

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