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Frontispiece and title page from Ancient and Modern Mexico

View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico

"View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico" from Ancient and Modern Mexico

View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico

Title Page of Ancient and Modern Mexico

Cover of Ancient and Modern Mexico

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Pieces of rough pottery found in excavating temple. Various objects found at foot of monolith H.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela B (Pages 42 & 43) Side Views.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Face of step below doorway leading to the inner chamber of temple.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela C (Page 44). East face and altar

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

View of the river wall showing one of the

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(B) West Side. Stela D (pages 45 - 47.) (A) East Side.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

View of the forest covering the higher structures

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Examples of the use of the head & scroll of the feathered serpent and of grotesque faces at Copan, at Quirigna.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar U. (Page 63) Inscription on the top back & sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum

Examples of the use of the serpent bird (Pages 63 & 64). Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a. Stela, 2. Photographs of face. b. Stela, 4. Fragments showing inscription. c. Stela, 4. Pedestals and (excavated) supports ...

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar T. (Pages 60_62) Drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stela N. (Pages 55_57) North & east side. (b) Stela N. (Pages 55_57) South & east sides.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar Q. (Page 60) Inscription on the top of the altar photographed and drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela N. (Pages 55_57) South face.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Altar R. (Page 60) Drawn from the original sculpture in the South Kensington Museum. Altar S. (Page 60) Drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar T. (Pages 61_63) a. Top of altar, b. North side, drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum c. Sketch of the alligator like animal restored and completed from the top and sides of the altar.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Maya calendar from the Codex Cortesianus (See Page 41). Mexican calendar from Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex (See Page 41). Inscription from the back of the stone head figured on pages 44 & 47. Scheme of Mexican Calendar. Scheme of Maya Calendar.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela C. (Page 44) Inscription drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a) Part of step & of serpent's head ornament on the west side of the inner doorway of temple. b & c) Parts of cornice from the east side of inner doorway in temple. Photographs of the original sculpture in the South Kensington Museum

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stella D. and altar (Pages 45 - 47) south Side. (b) Altar north side.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Three headless busts, probably from the exterior ornament of temple and an incense burner all found in the eastern court. Incense burners found on upper terrace ... Fragments of sculpture dug up whilst clearing temple ... probably portions of decoration of the outside walls of the temple.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

End of step at A. Face of step in temple. Photograph of original sculpture in the South Kensington Museum. End of step on B. Drawing of the hieroglyphs under the figures and in the middle of the step, and details of other portions of the carving.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela N. (Pages 55_57) North face.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela E. Inscription drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum. See Page 48.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela J. (Page 53 & 54) Inscriptions on the sides arranged in paragraphs

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