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weight of the whole mass. Mr. Zoega * erro- 
neously imagined, that the teocalli of Gholula 
was a real choma^ a mound' of earth, cased exter- 
nally with a layer of bricks. Gemelli, whom 
Robertson and other historians of the first rank 
accuse of inaccuracy more than he deserves, 
describes this pyramid under the name of a 
pyramid of earth 
The construction of the teocalli, as we have 
already observed, reminds us of the most ancient 
monuments, that are recorded in the history of 
the civilization of mankind. The temple of 
Jupiter Belus, which seems to be recognized in 
the ancient mythology of the Hindoos under the 
name of Bali :}:, the pyramids of Meidoum and 
Dahchour^ and several of the group of Sakhara, 
in Egypt, are also composed of immense heaps of 
bricks, the remains of which, after a lapse of 
thirty ages, are still in good preservation. 
* De Obeliscis, page 380. 
t Giro del Modo, tom. vi, p. 380. 
f Fra Paolino Di S. Bartholomeo, Viaggio alle Indie 
Orientali. p. 241. 
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