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Europeans are concerned that Is probably correct, but scientists know of a oity so old that there 1b no telling when it was built, and they often speak of it a* "the oldest city in America." This "city" Is Copa'n, burled In the forests of Honduras, near the Guatemala boundary line. It Is not a city In the modern sense of the word, for It Is only a heap of rutas, but there 1B enough to show that at some time centuries and centuries ago it was a busy center of population. Then the Maya Indians of Yucatan and Central America were at the height of their civilization. They built cities by constructing the bases of great pyramids out of blocks of stone of enormous size. These blocks were taken from quarries some times 'two miles distant, were conveyed to the "city" and placed In the wall In Jperfect order, and yet It 1b not known ,that the Mayas had any machinery ifor handling such heavy material.
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