COPAN MAYAN RUINS: COPAN TEMPLE 11 (foreground), COPAN BALLCOURT and COPAN GREAT PLAZA. 1984 Photo by Peter Wendelken.

COPAN BALLCOURT as seen looking Northeast from high up on Copán Temple 11. The north edge of Copán Temple 11 is in the foreground (bottom of photo). Beyond the Ballcourt is the Copán Great Plaza of the peerless Copán Mayan Ruins in Honduras.

The north (far) end of the Copán Ball Court is bordered by a raised terrace upon which sits Copan Stela 2. Right behind and offset slightly to the left of Stela 2 is Copán Atlar L. Atlar L was the last Mayan Altar ever constructed in Copán and it was only partly finished.

Beyond the Ballcourt in the Great Plaza, Copán Stela H is visible.

There is a large structure to the left (west) of and attached to the Ballcourt. This is designated Copán Structure 9.

There is a recessed niche containing COPAN STELA 1 at the bottom of the western stairway (left side in the photo) of Copán Structure 9. In front of (to the left of, in the photo) Stela 1 sits the Copán Altar of Stela 1 or Copán Altar 1. It is partially hidden by a tree trunk on the far left.

Stela 1 was dedicated on July 28, 667 and was erected by the 12th Ruler of Copán who was known as Smoke Imix. Smoke Imix was also called Smoke Imix God K and Smoke Jaguar. Smoke Imix is particularly noteworthy as having been the longest reining King of Copán, having ruled for an incredible 67 years from his accession on February 5, 628 until his death on June 15, 695.

Copan Stela 2, mentioned above was also dedicated by Smoke Imix in 652.

The Mayan Ballgame was played on this ballcourt. On either side of the flat Mayan Ball Court playing surface are sloping walls. At the top of these sloping walls on either side of the ballcourt are mounted three Copán Macaw Head Ballcourt Markers, one at each end of the ballcourt and one at midcourt. These Mayan Macaw Head Ballcourt Markers are hard to make out in this photo but are clearly shown in other photos of my Flickr Photostream.

(In the distance, beyond the trees at the northern border of the Great Plaza is a modern building which is not part of the Mayan ruins.)

La Cancha de Juego de Pelota Maya de Copán. Una vista desde encima de Templo 11 de Copán. Más allá se ve la Gran Plaza de Copán.

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Taken in: Honduras / Copán / Copán (show map)

Taken on: September 18, 1984

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