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... Pyramids , 420 CHAPTER XII . The Conclusion , . . 430 ERRATA . 66 Page 32 , line 1 , 66 53 , dele the . 19 , for 620 , read 120 . 66 74 , 66 21 , 66 Teote , 66 Teotl . " " 99 , " " 66 Itzlan , " " Itzalan . " 200 , 66 " 216 , " 247 ...
... Pyramids , 420 CHAPTER XII . The Conclusion , . . 430 ERRATA . 66 Page 32 , line 1 , 66 53 , dele the . 19 , for 620 , read 120 . 66 74 , 66 21 , 66 Teote , 66 Teotl . " " 99 , " " 66 Itzlan , " " Itzalan . " 200 , 66 " 216 , " 247 ...
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... pyramid , vast tetragon terraces , and a large sunken or excavated area of a cubical form , encom- passed with banks of earth , and also traces of an extensive town . Upon the east bank of the Ocmulgee river , eighty miles above its ...
... pyramid , vast tetragon terraces , and a large sunken or excavated area of a cubical form , encom- passed with banks of earth , and also traces of an extensive town . Upon the east bank of the Ocmulgee river , eighty miles above its ...
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... pyramids , was religious . Where there exists so much resemblance in form , it is not always easy to distinguish the ancient tumuli from those thrown up by the Indians . The superior dimensions of the former usually present one mark of ...
... pyramids , was religious . Where there exists so much resemblance in form , it is not always easy to distinguish the ancient tumuli from those thrown up by the Indians . The superior dimensions of the former usually present one mark of ...
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... pyramids . Those of them that have been excavated have disclosed human bones , earthenware , charred wood , and other miscellaneous articles . * Near Natchez is a number of mounds , several of which have been penetrated . Of these , a ...
... pyramids . Those of them that have been excavated have disclosed human bones , earthenware , charred wood , and other miscellaneous articles . * Near Natchez is a number of mounds , several of which have been penetrated . Of these , a ...
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... pyramids now standing in solitude . Its solution rests in the fact , that , like all primitive people , while the houses of their princes and their gods were erected in the most durable manner , with the greatest labor , of the most ...
... pyramids now standing in solitude . Its solution rests in the fact , that , like all primitive people , while the houses of their princes and their gods were erected in the most durable manner , with the greatest labor , of the most ...
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