PYRAMIDS OF SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN 



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■ Photo from Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams 



AZTKC CAIvENDAR STONE IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 



The ancient Mexican year, like- ours, was 365 days, but it was' divided into thirteen 

 months. The face in the center of the above picture is the "God-Star" throwing his Hght 

 over the earth, which is represented by the tongue projecting from his Hps. 



Having reached the summit, we were 

 richly rewarded, for a fine expanse of 

 country lay unfolded to our gaze, with 

 just a peep of the snow-capped volcano 

 Popocatepetl far in the distance, while 

 yonder the little town of San Juan ap- 

 peared sleepily dreaming under the 

 shadow of the pyramids. Turning to 

 the right, not far distant stands the Pyra- 

 mid of the Moon (la Luna), smaller 

 than the one we have just ascended, but 



looking very green and attractive, cov- 

 ered yet with its mantle of grass, heavy 

 underbrush, and trees, through which is 

 clearly defined the little pathway we shall 

 soon tread, as so many travelers have 

 already done. Thi.^ pyramid will grad- 

 ually undergo the process of regenera- 

 tion, and in the course of months will 

 appear bereft of its covering and stand 

 in clear outline against the azure sky, as 

 does its mate, ''El Sol." 



