The Temple of the Andes
The Temple of the Andes
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P. 77.
19 infants to be " pressed, "* that they might grow up foolish and without energy, for he thought that Indians with large round heads, being audacious in any enterprise, might also be disobedient. Whatever the reason, it is certain that the skulls, in many of the South American graves, are elongated to a great degree of deformity.
Plate VI.
Before describing the ornaments on the inside of the great doorway, it will be well to take a glance at the possible ancient aspect of the whole exte...rior of the temple. The sketch in Plate VI. Must be taken as an ideal representa- tion, intended to give a general notion of the size and importance of the building as it may have formerly stood, and to show the style of architecture, as far as can be made out from the fragments which are scattered about. The vast number of imperforate windows and of niches will at once strike the observer. These seem to have been common features of the Peruvian architecture in large buildings, and may have been designed to give places for effigies, relics, and statues.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
P. 77.
19 infants to be " pressed, "* that they might grow up foolish and without energy, for he thought that Indians with large round heads, being audacious in any enterprise, might also be disobedient. Whatever the reason, it is certain that the skulls, in many of the South American graves, are elongated to a great degree of deformity.
Plate VI.
Before describing the ornaments on the inside of the great doorway, it will be well to take a glance at the possible ancient aspect of the whole exte...rior of the temple. The sketch in Plate VI. Must be taken as an ideal representa- tion, intended to give a general notion of the size and importance of the building as it may have formerly stood, and to show the style of architecture, as far as can be made out from the fragments which are scattered about. The vast number of imperforate windows and of niches will at once strike the observer. These seem to have been common features of the Peruvian architecture in large buildings, and may have been designed to give places for effigies, relics, and statues.
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