Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain ...: With Physical Sections and Maps, Founded on Astronomical Observations, and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 2I. Riley, 1811 |
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... pyramids of Sacara , and particularly that of Mehedun . The Teocalli of Tenochtitlan , very accurately laid out , like all the Egyptian , Asiatic , and Mexican pyramids , con- tained 97 metres † of base , and formed so trun- cated a pyramid ...
... pyramids of Sacara , and particularly that of Mehedun . The Teocalli of Tenochtitlan , very accurately laid out , like all the Egyptian , Asiatic , and Mexican pyramids , con- tained 97 metres † of base , and formed so trun- cated a pyramid ...
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... pyramid dedicated to Jupiter Belust . Neither the Teocalli nor the Babylonian edifice were temples in the sense ... pyramids . The great monu- ments of Teotihuacan , Cholula , and Papantla , still in preservation , confirm this idea ...
... pyramid dedicated to Jupiter Belust . Neither the Teocalli nor the Babylonian edifice were temples in the sense ... pyramids . The great monu- ments of Teotihuacan , Cholula , and Papantla , still in preservation , confirm this idea ...
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... pyramid was clay , covered with porous amygdaloid called tetzontli . In fact , a short time before the construction of the temple under the reign of King Ahuitzotl , the quarries of this cellular and spongy rock began to be worked . Now ...
... pyramid was clay , covered with porous amygdaloid called tetzontli . In fact , a short time before the construction of the temple under the reign of King Ahuitzotl , the quarries of this cellular and spongy rock began to be worked . Now ...
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... pyramid , and then thrown down the stairs which led to the stone of the sacrifices.- Since this catastrophe , the great market of the Mexicans , formerly held near the Teocalli of Mexitli , was transferred to Tlatelolco . The de ...
... pyramid , and then thrown down the stairs which led to the stone of the sacrifices.- Since this catastrophe , the great market of the Mexicans , formerly held near the Teocalli of Mexitli , was transferred to Tlatelolco . The de ...
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... pyramids rising up by layers served for refuge to the com- batants , like the temple of Baal - Berith to the people of Canaan . They were so many castles from which it was necessary to dislodge the enemy . As to the houses of ...
... pyramids rising up by layers served for refuge to the com- batants , like the temple of Baal - Berith to the people of Canaan . They were so many castles from which it was necessary to dislodge the enemy . As to the houses of ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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