The City of the Sacred Well :: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
A last forward swing and the bride of Yum Chac hurtles far out over the well	Frontispiece
The Nunnery, the only three-storied structure in the Sacred City	64
The second story of the Nunnery	65
All that remains of the third story of the Nunnery. Several inscribed stones built hit or miss into the wall were doubtless taken from the older city	65
El Castillo, the Temple of Kukul Can, on its great pyramid, is the center of the Sacred City and the largest edifice	112
Looking down into the Sacred Well. Because of the size of the well and the fringe of trees about it, the whole scene cannot be photographed	113
A sculpture in bas-relief showing a warrior-priest in ceremonial attire, representing the Maya hero-god Kukul Can, the plumed serpent	240
A religious ceremony depicted in the Temple of Bas-Reliefs. This is but a small section from the interior walls, which contain more than eighty figures	241

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