There are various good reasons to consider a visit to the tiny country of Honduras in Central America, especially if you’re a fan of diving, adventure, ecotourism, and castaway beaches. But if you’re fascinated by ancient archaeology - and in particular the Mayans and the magnificent sites they left behind, a visit is not simply worth considering but at some point almost obligatory, and mostly because of this: glorious Copán. In the west of the country on a tropical valley floor lie the remains of a city then called Oxwitik, whose Mayan origins date back to around 100 AD, and was the capital of a powerful dynasty during the Mayan Classical period ruling much of... keep reading