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the tumulus of the king Alyattes, father of Croe- 

 sus, in Lydia, was six stadia, and that of Ninus 

 was more than ten stadia in diameter*. In the 

 north of Europe the sepulchres of the Scandi- 

 navian king Gormus, and the queen Daneboda, 

 covered with mounds of earth, are three hun- 

 dred metres broad, and more than thirty high. 

 We meet with these tumuli in both hemispheres ; 

 in Virginia, and in Canada, as well as in Peru, 

 where numerous galleries, built with stone, and 

 communicating with each other by shafts, fill 

 up the interior of the huacas, or artificial hills. 

 In Asia these rustic monuments have been 

 decorated with the refinement of eastern luxury, 

 while their primitive forms have been preserved. 

 The tombs of Pergamus are cones of earth, 

 raised on a circular wall, which seems to have 

 been encased with marble-}-. 



The teocallis, or Mexican pyramids, were at 

 once temples and tombs. We have already 

 observed, that the plain, on which were built the 

 houses of the Sun and of the Moon at Teoti- 

 huaca, is called the Path of the Dead ; but the 

 essential and principal part of a teocalli was the 

 chapel, the naos, at the top of the edifice. In 



* Herodotus, lib. 1, c. 93. Ctesias, apud Diod. Sicul. 

 lib. 2, c. 7. 



t Choiseul Gouflier, Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 

 lom. 2, p. 27 to 31. 



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