Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . its *. THE STRANGE CITIES 41 summits in Peru at more than 16,000 feet elevationabove sea-level, and in Mexico in similar or greaterprofusion, but at less altitude. Among the remarkable ruins of this nature, in Oaxaca,are those of Monte Alban, near the capital city ofOaxaca. Here are entire crests of mountains, cut awayinto terraces, quadrangles, and courts, and their greatextent and strange environment create a sense ofawe and amazement in the b
Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . its *. THE STRANGE CITIES 41 summits in Peru at more than 16,000 feet elevationabove sea-level, and in Mexico in similar or greaterprofusion, but at less altitude. Among the remarkable ruins of this nature, in Oaxaca,are those of Monte Alban, near the capital city ofOaxaca. Here are entire crests of mountains, cut awayinto terraces, quadrangles, and courts, and their greatextent and strange environment create a sense ofawe and amazement in the beholder. The utterabandonment and sense of solitude ; the high ridges,thousands of feet above the valley, which, dim anddistant through the atmospheric haze, glimmers below ;the vast expanse of sky and landscape, without a soundor touch of life, invests the remains of those seeminglyunreal or fairy cities of prehistoric man with a senseof mystery and unfathomed time. Pyramid afterpyramid, terrace after terrace, the latter from 500 to1,000 feet in length, extend along the ridge of theAlban hill—the numerous truncated pyramids rising,like the playthin
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