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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A last forward swing and the bride of Yum Chac hurtles far out
over the well _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
The Nunnery, the only three-storied structure in the Sacred City 64

The second story of the Nunnery 65

All that remains of the third story of the Nunnery. Several
inscribed stones built hit or miss into the wall were
doubtless taken from the older city 65

El Castillo, the Temple of Kukul Can, on its great pyramid,
is the center of the Sacred City and the largest edifice 112

Looking down into the Sacred Well. Because of the size of the
well and the fringe of trees about it, the whole scene
cannot be photographed 113

A sculpture in bas-relief showing a warrior-priest in ceremonial
attire, representing the Maya hero-god Kukul Can, the plumed
serpent 240

A religious ceremony depicted in the Temple of Bas-Reliefs. This
is but a small section from the interior walls, which
contain more than eighty figures 241

THE CITY OF THE
SACRED WELL