Rosalila Temple Preservation Progress

Rosalila Temple Preservation Progress

In 2019 the Copan Association began raising funds to preserve the Rosalila Structure in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. The Copan Association has raised funds from the private sector in Honduras as well as internationally. This report highlights the work being done by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/huskers-help-power-mayan-temple-preservation/

The Importance of Rosalila

The Importance of Rosalila

The Rosalila temple;  one of the most emblematic monuments of the Mayan Civilization, is located  in the Archaeological Park of Copán Ruinas, Honduras,  one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization and a World Heritage site. Discovered in 1989 by Arq. Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle the Rosalila temple was interred inside Temple 16 in…

DIPA

DIPA

DIPA is a technical team formed in May 2004, headquartered at the Asociación Copan offices and directed by Honduran archaeologist, Ricardo Agurcia F. DIPA offers advice to the Honduran Ministry of Tourism (IHT) pertaining to certain aspects of the World Bank-financed Copan Valley Regional Development Project (PDRVC). The PDRVC uses archaeological tourism as a poverty-reducing…

Educational Garden

Educational Garden

The Casa K’inich Children’s Museum, and the The Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum (MCARLM), based in San Lorenzo County Park, California completed their garden project begun in 2014 which was funded through a Museums Connect grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the American Alliance of…