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remains of Azteck sculpture, were discovered : 
in fact, three curious monuments, of which we 
shall give a description in this work, the stone 
of sacrifices^ the colossal statue of the goddess 
Teoyaomiqui^ and the stone of the Mexican ca- 
lendar, were found, when the Viceroy, Count 
Revillagigedo, levelled the great square of 
Mexico, by lowering the ground. A very credi- 
ble person, who had been commissioned to direct 
these works, assured me, that the foundations of 
the cathedral are surrounded by an immense 
qur ntity of idols and reliefs,, and that the three 
masses of porphyry, which we have just men- 
tioned, are the smallest of those discovered in 
digging to the depth of twelve metres. Near 
the capilla del sagrario a sculptured rock was 
discovered, which was seven metres long, six 
broad, and three in height ; the workmen, find- 
ing that they could not get it out, were about to 
break it in pieces; but happily they were di- 
verted from their intention by a canon of the 
cathedral, Mr. Gamboa, an enlightened friend 
of the arts. 
The stone, which is commonly knowp by the 
name of the stone of sacrifices (piedra de los sa- 
crificios), is of cylindrical form : it is 3 metres 
broad, and 11 decimetres in height ; it is sur- 
rounded with a relief, in which we find twenty 
groups of two figures, all represented in the same 
attitudes. One of these figures is constantly the 
