The geographical location of the Maya tribes—Description of
Copan—Statue at Copan—Altar at Copan—Ruins at
Quiriga—Patinamit—Utatlan—Description of Palenque—The Palace at
Palenque—The Temple of the Three Inscriptions—Temple of the
Beau-relief—Temple of the Cross—Temple of the Sun—Maler’s Temple
of the Cross—Significance of the Palenque crosses—Statue at
Palenque—Other ruins in Tobasco and Chiapas—Ruins in
Yucatan—Uxmal—The Governor’s House—The Nunnery—Room in
Nunnery—The Sculptured Façades—Temple at
Uxmal—Kabah—Zayi—Labna—Labphak—Chichen-Itza—The Nunnery—The
Castillo—The Gymnasium—M. Le Plongon’s researches—The tradition
of the Three Brothers—Chaac-Mal—Antiquity of Chichen-Itza.