Hiking through Copán and coming across this stele and altar, one might be taken aback. The face on the altar, on which the Mayas made sacrifices, seems frightening to us today. The stele represents ...
John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood's first journey together was in 1839-1840. Departing New York on 3 October 1839, the men reached Belize on 30 October 1939. Stephens had planned to fulfull ...