. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. PALENQUE—TULHA. 163 a large number of chambers, passages, and apartments of all kinds. Like all the other monuments, it stands on a raised platform, which takes the usual shape of a truncated pyramid. One of the façades shows a row of pillars supporting a projecting architrave of a highly original design. The walls of this edifice are covered with sculptures, while in another was found the famous " Greek cross," symbol of the " tree of life," or of " fecundity," which has given rise to so much discussion amongst archa
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. PALENQUE—TULHA. 163 a large number of chambers, passages, and apartments of all kinds. Like all the other monuments, it stands on a raised platform, which takes the usual shape of a truncated pyramid. One of the façades shows a row of pillars supporting a projecting architrave of a highly original design. The walls of this edifice are covered with sculptures, while in another was found the famous " Greek cross," symbol of the " tree of life," or of " fecundity," which has given rise to so much discussion amongst archaeologists. South-west of Palenque, about midway on the road to San Cristobal, capital of Chiapas, in an upland valley watered by a western affluent of the Usumacinta, are grouped the houses of Ococingo, whose name has also been assigned to an ancient city lying five miles farther east. By the Indians Fig. 69. —Ruins in the Lacandon and Tzendal Countries. Scale 1 : 2,80().(K) -z- g^{ i ^ • Ch Ion ^ f 5 mojQvel j_ Ococ go" 'S CRI^JO^AL |\ h _^ Com <an KantA-' <:^ p /v^ s s Bartolome. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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