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Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges. THE RUINS ARE CHAPTER VII IMMENSE - INDIAN CROSSED THE RAPIDS STORIES - HOW WE WE had managed to get a number of Indians to continue the work of clearing the bush that day , and on reaching the ruins ...
Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges. THE RUINS ARE CHAPTER VII IMMENSE - INDIAN CROSSED THE RAPIDS STORIES - HOW WE WE had managed to get a number of Indians to continue the work of clearing the bush that day , and on reaching the ruins ...
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... ruins came to us with overwhelming force . Slowly the sun sank , the sky crimsoned , and a red glow tinged the jungle and the desolate courtyards , terraces , and pyramids of this great city - a city of fallen stones which we have ...
... ruins came to us with overwhelming force . Slowly the sun sank , the sky crimsoned , and a red glow tinged the jungle and the desolate courtyards , terraces , and pyramids of this great city - a city of fallen stones which we have ...
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... ruins lie in a clearing of the jungle on the banks of the Motagua River . There is no doubt a significance in such a large number of Maya ruins being on river - banks . It points to the fact that these ancient people used waterways as ...
... ruins lie in a clearing of the jungle on the banks of the Motagua River . There is no doubt a significance in such a large number of Maya ruins being on river - banks . It points to the fact that these ancient people used waterways as ...
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