Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 168
V2'2 GUATEMALA. which are now gone, especially the Sacrificatorio. which was a quadrilateral pyramid, with a base of sixty-six feel on the side, and a height, in that ruined condition, of thirty-three feet. One side of this awful relic of human misery was plain, though bearing trace- <>\ painted… … Quiche Altar of Tohil (Sacrificatorio). eight inches wide on the tread, while the risers were seventeen inches, — a proportion that must have made the descent very awkward for the priests if they were as corpulent as the more modern monks. We met on our return a marimba, carried by two men, while…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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