. The earth and its inhabitants .. . D^ _A \7 h Jk -^S^-^^ -^c 95 Wesr oF Greenw'ci-i eo Miles. this place is called Tonila, that is, " Stone Houses," and the ruins are said, on pure conjecture, to be those of Talha, ancient capital of the southern Toltecs. Amongst them was discovered a plaster carving, whose perfectly Egyptian expression greatly surprised Stephens, Catherwood, and Brasseur de Bourbourg. It takes the form of a medallion with large wings spread out above the porch of a palace. In the whole district between Ococingo and Palenque the hills and mountains are crowned with
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . D^ _A \7 h Jk -^S^-^^ -^c 95 Wesr oF Greenw'ci-i eo Miles. this place is called Tonila, that is, " Stone Houses," and the ruins are said, on pure conjecture, to be those of Talha, ancient capital of the southern Toltecs. Amongst them was discovered a plaster carving, whose perfectly Egyptian expression greatly surprised Stephens, Catherwood, and Brasseur de Bourbourg. It takes the form of a medallion with large wings spread out above the porch of a palace. In the whole district between Ococingo and Palenque the hills and mountains are crowned with sepulchral mounds, and according to the inhabitants of the country, other magnificent structures are hidden away amongst the hills of Tumhala, and farther south in the direction of San Cristobal and Comitan. One of these unknown cities in the Lacandon territory was lately discovered on the left bank of the Usumacinta, in a district which must have been frequently
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