"Toltec" Quotes from Famous Books
... They are ascended by steps of hewn stone to their pinnacles, where tradition affirms, there were anciently statues covered with thin lamina of gold. And it was on these sublime heights, with the clear tropical skies of Mexico above them, that the Toltec magi lit the sacred fire upon their altars, offered up incense, and ... — Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History • Henry R. Schoolcraft |