Expeditions

T H E A R C H A E O L O G I C A L C O N S E R V A N C Y

Maya expert John Henderson points to El Castillo at Xunantunich, Belize. This full-scale replica of Rosalila Temple is featured at the Sculpture Museum at Copán. Rosalila Temple was originally built in A.D. 571 and buried within another temple.

El Castillo,a classic example of the Maya technique of constructing a pyramid within another pyramid. From Xunantunich you’ll travel to the recently discovered ceremonial site of Caracol,possibly the largest Maya site in Latin America.

You’ll spend several days investigating the magnificent city of Copán,considered by many to be the crown jewel of the southern Maya. Copán’s famous monument, the Hieroglyphic Stairway, has 63 steps that contain more than 2,000 intricately carved glyphs.

The Amazing Maya

BELIZE AND COPÁN

When: January 10–19,2003 Where: Belize and Honduras How much: $2,495 ($295 single supplement)

Our tour begins on the coast of Belize,where you’ll visit Belize City and take a boat ride up the New River to Lamanai,a Maya trading center established before Christ and occupied until A.D. 1641. From the coast you’ll travel to the inner reaches of Belize and explore the magnificent mountaintop palace of Cahal Pech.

A ferry ride will take you to the ruins of Xunantunich,once an important trading center.There you’ll tour

More of the Maya

MA YA OF PA LENQUE AND YUCATÁN

When: February 13–23,2003 Where: Southern Mexico How much: $2,495 ($295 single supplement)

From A.D. 300 to 1200,the Maya flourished in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.Their splendid cities,which still tower over the rain forest, testify to the sophistication of the mysterious people who built them.Our tour will visit some of the most spectacular of these cities. You’ll explore the Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal,one of the

The Palace and the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque are two of the greatest architectural achievements of the Maya world.

largest of the Maya cities.At Kabah, you’ll see the stone mosaic of masks that adorns the Palace of the Masks.At Chichén Itzá,a magnificent city founded in the 5th century and occupied until the 13th century, you’ll see the largest ballcourt found in Mesoamerica,as well as El Caracol, a two-tiered astronomical observatory dating from the 10th century.

Located deep in the rain forest is the city of Palenque, where you’ll spend a day touring many architectural wonders. Inside the Temple of the Inscriptions is the tomb of Pacal the Great, who ruled Palenque from A.D. 615 to 683.

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