COPAN  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient ruined See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of western See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras, near the Guatemalan frontier, and on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Rio Copan, a tributary of the Motagua . For an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its elaborately sculptured See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone buildings, which See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among the most celebrated monuments of Mayan See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, see CENTRAL See also:

• AMERICA

AMERICA: See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

Archaeology . The city is sometimes regarded as identical with the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian stronghold which, after a heroic resistance, was stormed by the Spaniards, under Hernando de See also:

• CHAVES

Chaves, in 1530 . It has given its name to the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department in which it is situated .