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The City of the Sacred Well - Dredging the Cenote at Chichen Itza - cover

The City of the Sacred Well - Dredging the Cenote at Chichen Itza

T. A. Willard

Publisher: Aeneas Press

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Summary

The dredging of the sacred cenote at Chichen Itza - the gold, the jade and the bones brought up from the well where the Maya threw offerings. Willard, a battery manufacturer and amateur archaeologist, wrote it up from Thompson's own accounts. This edition adds a gallery of 58 plates of painting, among them Turner, Church and Bierstadt, alongside 11 restored and coloured illustrations.
Available since: 09/16/2026.
Print length: 256 pages.

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