English: I am working on my previous trips and books so I will be uploading some that are not already in the sets.. From Honduras, Copan Ruins.

In the center of the museum is a true scale replica of the temple nicknamed "Rosalila". Modern artisans have made highly accurate reconstruction's of the elaborate colored stucco relief’s that adorned the Rosalila. The temple, discovered in nearly perfect condition, by archaeologist in 1991, it was dedicated by Copan's tenth ruler, "Moon Jaguar," in the years 571 AD. As a whole the temple represents a mountain, a place of creation, a source of life-giving water and the sacred maize plant.

The Sun God, a key player in the creation myth, rises majestically on the top with his wings outstretched across the building. The birds on the lower part of the building are representations of the first ruler and founder of the Copan dynasty, whose hieroglyphic name reads "K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' " (Sun-faced blue-green Quetzal Macaw'). On the upper story, serpents stream forth like smoke from a enormous incensario with a skeletal face, they overlap the giant image of the mountain deity.

Rosalila was so sacred that it was left intact, even with its roof.