John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood's first journey together was in 1839-1840. Departing New York on 3 October 1839, the men reached Belize on 30 October 1939. Stephens had planned to fulfull ...

The southernmost Mayan ruins reside in Copan, Honduras. The city of Copan is small and tightly packed with a community of ...

Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán, about 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras. Each bore ceremonial ...