The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14
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on one or more Sides The interior mass
is OF earth and stones. or Of stones and
mortar. In some cases the slopes were
filled in to a smooth slant.
The loftiest Is the pyramid Of FL Cas-
tillo. or The Castle. at Chichen-Itza. which
Is OF the stepped type. The largest and
most imposing Is the so-called Governors
Palace. at Uxmal, which stands on nat
ural elevation artificially heightened BY
stone blocks and rising In three terraces
1t Is considered by ethnologists the most
important prehistoric structure In Amer
lea The building, 320 feet long, 40 feet
deep and 26 feet high. is covered with
marvellous elaboration OF sculpture, one
belt of which. 10 feet wide. running en-
tirely around the palace. contains 10000
stones, nearly every one OF them separate
work OF art.
Nobody knows for what purpose this
wonderful building was used. but It seems
to have been erected merely as one side
OF contemplated quadrangular ediflcc.
AS for FL Castillo. 1t was a pyramid tenn
pie OF the first order. The square pyra.
mid is so feet high. 200 feet square a, the
base. and 60 feet square at the top. The
stepped sides rise at an angle OF so de-
grees: the platform at the top is reached
by four stairways, and the surface was
evened with plaster and finished with
Color Each stairway had ninety-two stems.
winch were guarded by balustrades in the
FORM or huge sculptured serpents. whose
neaos ana protruding tongues rested upon
the ground while their bodies ana tain.
extended upward - the top of the pvra.
mid. p'fa
baoe! was name OF Babylon. IN -,
Book or Genesis. eleventh chaptcr Will be
lounu the story OF how the survivors of
. ulahklno after the Deluge travelled from
"a. n.ouhtalh where the Ark rested and
ss',. IN the valley Of Shinar. There they
''' CITY. and finally attempted to con-
struct tower whose top should
reach Heaven. Yahweh in his
aoode on high. became angered
ana SAID, Let us go down and
.ohlound their language" Then
me CHURCHMAN'S were scattered
abroad over all the face OF the
earth "And Gas Genesis says)
.hey left off building the city"
mus the diversity OF human
speech and dispersion OF man
~ klnd were explained.
The tower OF Babel was
small affair in height compared
with modern "sky-scraper"
THNli IL was only about $40 feet high.
but the dwellers Of the AssyrIan
llain. where there were no lofty
objects for comparison, It
s SNSiI seemed to touch the heavens
{ Standing on high artificial ter
n N race. like other important Baby
EsN%@ ion1an edifices, II was further
uplif ed by a second platform OF
Nl earth 600 feet square Thus It's
s. total height above the ground
XII level may have been something
like ESQ feet
: 1t was pyramid OF seven
$7XA steps sacred to Mardrk. 'he
great god o. Rabv'on. The first
story was 272 feet square. faced
~ with glazed brick and painted
black in honor OF Saturn. To
jupiter the second story was
dedicated. and the co'or belong
ing to the god beine orange. it
iii was OF that tint--3o0 feet on a
III side. The cnlor OF the third
story was red. in compliment TO
Mars: each OF Its sides 1874 feet
The fourth story was I4S feet
square and was covered with
thick plates OF gold. being dedi-
Gated to me sun. White was the
hue OF the nth story. out Of re-
u spect for Venus. aud II was l,2
feet square. The sixth story
r. The Pyramid Tower Of the