The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 136
n. the natives called it), for it nt that gold only represented prestige of • a mind. HOUSE OF MANCO CAP AC. 11 Nevertheless with all this imperial splendour theroofs were either thatched with straw or composedof reeds, mud, and gravel, all of which only goes toshow how prone civilization is to… … Fig. 27.—House of Manco Capac. between Cuzco and Sinea, all of which are mainly ofmasonic interest. The house of Manco Capac (Fig. 27) is the oldestin Peru, and is situated on an island of Lake Titicaca,where the godlike man was believed to have firstappeared on earth. It stands upon a low terrace,…
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