Museum Americanum, Or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in AmericaG. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 - 346 pages |
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Page 39
... Teocalli of Mexico , by the Spaniards called " Adoratorios , " are not found north of the mound at Circleville on the Scioto , or at least , I have seen none of them . They are very common and lofty , it seems , on the Missisippi river ...
... Teocalli of Mexico , by the Spaniards called " Adoratorios , " are not found north of the mound at Circleville on the Scioto , or at least , I have seen none of them . They are very common and lofty , it seems , on the Missisippi river ...
Page 40
... Teocalli was dedicated . The in- side of the edifice was the burial place of the kings and principal personages of Mexico . It is impossible to read the descriptions , which Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus have left us of the temple of ...
... Teocalli was dedicated . The in- side of the edifice was the burial place of the kings and principal personages of Mexico . It is impossible to read the descriptions , which Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus have left us of the temple of ...
Page 41
... Teocalli of Mexico was dedicated to Tezcatlipo- lica , the first of the Azteck divinities after Teotl , who is the supreme and visible Being ; and to Huitzilopochtli , the God of war . It was built by the Aztecks , on the model of the ...
... Teocalli of Mexico was dedicated to Tezcatlipo- lica , the first of the Azteck divinities after Teotl , who is the supreme and visible Being ; and to Huitzilopochtli , the God of war . It was built by the Aztecks , on the model of the ...
Page 42
... Teocalli . On the east of the group of the pyramids of Teoti- huacan , on descending the Cordillera towards the Gulph of Mexico , in a thick forest , called Tajin , rises the pyramid of Papantla . This monument was by chance discovered ...
... Teocalli . On the east of the group of the pyramids of Teoti- huacan , on descending the Cordillera towards the Gulph of Mexico , in a thick forest , called Tajin , rises the pyramid of Papantla . This monument was by chance discovered ...
Page 43
... Teocalli of Cholula . It is called in the present day the Mountain made by the hand of man ( monte hecho a manos . ) At a distance it has the aspect of a natural hill covered with vegetation . A vast plain , the Puebla , is separated ...
... Teocalli of Cholula . It is called in the present day the Mountain made by the hand of man ( monte hecho a manos . ) At a distance it has the aspect of a natural hill covered with vegetation . A vast plain , the Puebla , is separated ...
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