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You were doubtless taught that St.' Augustine, Fla., Is the oldest city in! America, and so far as settlements hyi Europeans are concerned that is proti-. ably correct, but scientists know of aj city so old that there is no telling^ when It was built, and they oftefi, speak of it ae "the oldest city in America." This "city" is Copan, bui ried in the forests of Honduras, near the Guatemala boundary line. It Is not a city in the modern sense of thei word, for it is only a heap of ruins, but there is enough to show that at som6 time centuries and centuries ago it was a busy center of population. Then the Maya Indians of Yucataiäand Central America were at the telght of their civilization. They, built cities by constructing the bases! of greet pyramids out of blocks ot stone of enormous sice. These block)! were taken from quarries some times' two miles distant, were conveyed the "city" and placed in the wall in perfect order, and yet it is not knowti .that the Mayas had any machinery, or handling such heavy material.
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