American Egypt
by Channing Arnold, Frederick J. Tabor Frost
About this book
Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen on Yucatan—that Egypt of the New World, where, it is now generally admitted, Central American Civilisation reached its apogee—and to be, for the present at least, the only Englishmen who can claim to have explored the uncivilised north-eastern portions of the Peninsula and the islands of her eastern coast." Their studies brought them to the conclusion, contrary to the bulk of the body of other contemporary experts, "that America's first architects were Buddhist immigrants from Java and Indo-China." Summary by Lynne Thompson.
Chapters (34)
1A Bird's Eye View Of Mexico part 1
2A Bird's Eye View Of Mexico part 2
3Mexico City And The Mexicans part 1
4Mexico City And The Mexicans part 2
5Yucatan And Her History
6First Impressions Of Yucatan
7A Yucatan Breakfast And Other Sights
8Amid The Palaces Of The Itzas part 1
9Amid The Palaces Of The Itzas part 2
10Valladolid And After part 1
11Valladolid And After part 2
12In The Footsteps Of Cortes
13El Meco To Puerto Morelos part 1
14El Meco To Puerto Morelos part 2
15In Search Of The Mayan Mecca part 1
16In Search Of The Mayan Mecca part 2
17On The Southern Sierras part 1
18On The Southern Sierras part 2
19Copan And Quirigua
20Palenque, Menche, And On The Usumacinta
21The Ancient Mayans
22Who Were The Mayans?
23Who Were America's First Architects? part 1
24Who Were America's First Architects? part 2
25The Age Of The Ruins part 1
26The Age Of The Ruins part 2
27Hieroglyphics And Paintings
28Slavery On The Haciendas part 1
29Slavery On The Haciendas part 2
30Yucatan Today And The Yucatetans part 1
31Yucatan Today And The Yucatetans part 2
32The Green Gold Of Yucatan
33Flora And Fauna part 1
34Flora And Fauna part 2
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