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... plaza was laid out , eight hundred feet in length , faced with tier upon tier of stone seats , capable of seating most of the population of the city - state of Copán . Within this immensity , huge monoliths of stone were erected ...
... plaza was laid out , eight hundred feet in length , faced with tier upon tier of stone seats , capable of seating most of the population of the city - state of Copán . Within this immensity , huge monoliths of stone were erected ...
Page 114
... Plaza , flanked on all three of its sides with tiers of stone seats . Within this plaza stand the huge slabs of carved limestone - the famous stelae of Copán . Since there were no structures to draw , Cather- wood turned to the " idols ...
... Plaza , flanked on all three of its sides with tiers of stone seats . Within this plaza stand the huge slabs of carved limestone - the famous stelae of Copán . Since there were no structures to draw , Cather- wood turned to the " idols ...
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... plaza which he took by storm . Reinforced , he waited for the expected counterattack which , when it came , was led by Rafael Carrera ; the carnage was unprecedented even for the wars of Central America . A war without rules and without ...
... plaza which he took by storm . Reinforced , he waited for the expected counterattack which , when it came , was led by Rafael Carrera ; the carnage was unprecedented even for the wars of Central America . A war without rules and without ...
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American ancient antiquities appeared Arabia Arabia Petraea archaeological architectural Aspinwall became Belize British building built Cabot called canal Carrera carved Cather Central America century Chagres Chichen Itzá church civilization conquest Copán cultural Diego de Landa diplomatic discovered drawings Egypt engraving of Frederick entered expedition explorers eyes face feet fever Francisco Morazán Frederick Catherwood Frémont French gave glyphs Guatemala Honduras huge Humboldt hundred Incidents of Travel Indians Isthmus John Lloyd Stephens Juan jungle Kabah land Landa lived London Maya Mérida Mexican Mexico miles monuments Morazán mountains once padre Palace Palenque Panama Railroad Panama Railway Panorama Petra phens Philip Hone plaza political Prescott published pyramid Quiriguá Rafael Carrera Río road ruins of Copán sailed sculptured Spanish stela stone Street Temple thousand tion took trees Uxmal village Waldeck walls wrote York young Yucatán