The narrow vertical shaft, broadening upwards like a funnel, leads downwards to a burial chamber.
The deep grave of the false-headed Mummies.
Category: America
The northern Part of Ancon Bay and the millstones of the Necropolis.
A seaward prospect from the Necropolis, commanding the northern section of Ancon Bay. It is taken from the hills in the south-west corner.
The terraced hills South of Ancon in Peru.
The present illustration will serve not merely to explain the topographic relations, but still more to give prominence to a circumstance calculated to throw light on the importance of Ancon in pre-Spanish times.
The bay and Necropolis of Ancon in Peru.
The topographical plan figured on Plate 1 comprises a small portion only of the spacious and picturesque Bay of Ancon. A fuller view is given by this plate.
Plan of Ancon and neighbouring Necropolis.
The plan illustrates the topographical relations in connection with the archaeological aim of this work.
The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs.
The Congress Hall has for many years held the palm of fashion among the rival Hotels of Saratoga.
Saratoga Lake. The beauty of the freshwater lake.
The Mohawks believed that its stillness was sacred to the Great Spirit, and that, if a human voice uttered a sound upon its waters, the canoe of the offender would instantly sink.
The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara.
No one who has not seen this spectacle of turbulent grandeur can conceive with what force the swift and overwhelming waters are flung upwards.
The Hudson River Palisades. Dramatic geological formations.
The Palisades are among the most dramatic geological formations in the New York City area.
The outlet of Niagara River from the American side.
American Scenery 1840. This view is taken from the American side, and presents the outlet of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario.