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Title: The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Charnay, Désiré, 1828-1915
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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TuMi.ALA. S. Cristohal. Mitla. 511 and the self-devoted victim suffered to pass out in the abodeof the dead. ^• *.The high priest was called Huiyatoo, the great sentinel,he who sees all ; his power, which was absolute, was even greaterthan the kings. No person of low degree could see his face
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SOUTH SIDE OF FOURTH PALACE OF MITLA. and live. He was the sole mediator between man and the gods ;from him tlowed all good gifts, both temporal and spiritual.* It is probable that Burgoa never visited Mitla, for he onlymentions one palace, whereas eight were still standing in histime. It seems strange that the Mexican Government shouldnot undertake the exploration of these ruins, which, as they were * Burgoa, Description Geographique. 512 The Ancient Cities of the New World. the burial place of kings and priests, must contain costly robes,jewels, arms, etc., perhaps even manuscripts that would be mostvaluable for a comparative history of the Zapotecs and Aztecs.This is all the more to be regretted, that there is a stir in thelearned world respecting American ruins and American antiquities. In a word, says Orozco, great divergence is foundbetween the Zapotec and Toltec civilisation; they seem tospring from a common source, their calendar is the same, andtheir writing nearly so ; both

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Indians_of_Mexico
  • booksubject:Indians_of_Central_America
  • bookpublisher:London___Chapman_and_Hall
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