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The pyramidal abase of Copan is built up to considerable height, and upon the flat top are placed the palaces, the altars and other smaller pyramids. From all evidence Copan was In ruins when Cortez conquered Mexico In 1C21. The Spaniard and his soldiers passed wlthlp a short distance of It and did not see the town at all, so it must have been deserted even then. And yet tfte ruins of Copan bear evidence of having lain there, burled amid the luxuriant foliage of Honduras, for ages, and only some crude Inscriptions on the rooks can give a clue to the history of the wonderful place. TheBe Inscriptions and carvings still defy solution. There are statues and Images made of rock, but they are meaningless. Copan's history Is unknown and so scientist* are Vont to speak of it as "the oldest city In America."
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