stone and minor relics of 
On the hill of Texcocingo, a few miles beyond Texcoco, there 
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ware several pede ee remnants of ancient art - chambers, 
-and fountains and stairways and Statuary carved in the solid rock. 
‘The hill itself, several hundred of feet in height was, in the 
period of Nezahualeoyotl, fairly remodeled by the cunning chisel 
of the sculptor and masked and crowned with artificial structures. 
san Juan Teotihuacan: The valley of Mexico furnishes noth- 
‘ing to compare in importance with the ruins of San Juan Teotihua- 
€an, 25 miles north of Mexico. Here two massive pyramids overlook 
the crumbling ruins of a once ee. city, the history of which 
is almost wholly lost. Aside from the pyramids the most strik- 
ing feature is the so-called street of the dead, a broad highway 
over half a mile in length bordered by ruined temples, teocallis, 
and other structures no doubt mainly of a sacred nature. The 
larger pyramidy stands a little to the east of the roadway and is 
surrounded by earthen walls and low mounds. It is some 200 feet 
high and about 735 feet square at the base; the sunmit is truncat- 
ed and measures 60 by 90 feet. The smaller pyramid is about 140 
feet high and approximates 500 feet square at the base, the flat- 
tened summit measureasgl about 40 by 60 feet. These structures appe@ 
