Copán

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Maya city archaeological site

Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Copán canonical 24
Copán Ruinas 5
Copán archaeological site 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedInCentury 9th century ⓘ
culture Maya ⓘ
excavatedBy Alfred P. Maudslay ⓘ
Harvard University projects ⓘ
Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
Sylvanus G. Morley ⓘ
firstHistoricalRuler Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ ⓘ
hasCountry Honduras ⓘ
hasDynasty Copán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Copán royal dynasty
hasFeature altars with hieroglyphic texts ⓘ
ballcourt markers ⓘ
carved stelae depicting rulers ⓘ
inscribed stairways ⓘ
zoomorphic sculptures ⓘ
hasLanguage Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form: Classic Maya language
hasNearbyTown Copán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Copán Ruinas
hasPeakPeriod 5th to 9th centuries CE ⓘ
Classic period ⓘ
hasRiver Copán River ⓘ
hasStructure Acropolis ⓘ
Great Plaza ⓘ
Hieroglyphic Stairway ⓘ
Temple 16 ⓘ
Temple 22 ⓘ
ballcourt ⓘ
residential compounds ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince 1980 ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Maya script ⓘ
knownFor Hieroglyphic Stairway ⓘ
altars ⓘ
ballcourt ⓘ
elaborate stone sculptures ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
well-preserved archaeological remains ⓘ
locatedIn Copán Department ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Maya region

western Maya lowlands ⓘ
surface form: western Honduras
near Guatemalan border ⓘ
notableRuler 18-Rabbit ⓘ
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil ⓘ
partOf Maya civilization ⓘ
touristAttraction major archaeological tourism destination in Honduras ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesoamerica → majorSite → Copán ⓘ
Honduras → notableArchaeologicalSite → Copán ⓘ
Maya civilization → majorSite → Copán ⓘ
Copán → hasDynasty → Copán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán royal dynasty
Copán → hasNearbyTown → Copán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Ruinas
Classic period in Mesoamerica → hasMajorCenter → Copán ⓘ
derived from Companhia Pan-Americana (COPAN) → shortName → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Copan Building
this entity surface form: Copan
Maya stelae → foundAt → Copán ⓘ
Frederick Catherwood → documentedSite → Copán ⓘ
Maya → hadMajorCity → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Classic period → mainCity → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Classic period (Maya civilization)
Copán Department → contains → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Ruinas
Copán Department → contains → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan archaeological site of Copán
Copán Department → namedAfter → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán (archaeological site)
Copán Department → knownFor → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan ruins of Copán
Copán Department → hasSettlement → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Ruinas
Copán Department → hasHeritageSite → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Copán
Copán Department → touristAttraction → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán archaeological park
Hieroglyphic Stairway → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
Hieroglyphic Stairway → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Archaeological Site
Hieroglyphic Stairway → partOf → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acropolis of Copán
Hieroglyphic Stairway → near → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Ruinas
Acropolis → partOf → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Acropolis of Copán
Acropolis → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Acropolis of Copán
this entity surface form: Copán archaeological site
Acropolis → adjacentTo → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Acropolis of Copán
this entity surface form: Great Plaza of Copán
Great Plaza → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Plaza (Copán)
Great Plaza → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Plaza (Copán)
this entity surface form: Copán archaeological site
Temple 16 → locatedIn → Copán ⓘ
Temple 16 → locatedInArchaeologicalSite → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán archaeological site
Temple 16 → partOf → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán acropolis
Temple 16 → partOf → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Copán
18-Rabbit → reignedOver → Copán ⓘ
18-Rabbit → notableWork → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stela A at Copán
18-Rabbit → notableWork → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stela B at Copán
18-Rabbit → notableWork → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stela C at Copán
18-Rabbit → notableWork → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stela D at Copán
18-Rabbit → capital → Copán ⓘ
18-Rabbit → site → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán archaeological site
Maya architecture → notableSite → Copán ⓘ
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → capitalOfRule → Copán ⓘ
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → locatedInPoliticalEntity → Copán ⓘ
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → associatedWithSite → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Structure Hunal
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → associatedWithSite → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Structure Yehnal
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → associatedWithSite → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Structure Margarita
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → burialPlace → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán Acropolis
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → veneratedIn → Copán ⓘ
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → governedTerritory → Copán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copán valley
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil → countryOfCitizenship → Copán ⓘ
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil → residence → Copán ⓘ
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil → placeOfActivity → Copán ⓘ