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mitla
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Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico , and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca . in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three that form ...
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In one part of the historical novel he was finishing, a young Mixtec priest from Mitla flees all the way down the long slope of the Sierra Madre del Sur to the Pacific coast a hundred and fifty miles away.
He had been killed while serving with the paratroop battalion in the western Sinai, caught in the crossfire of an Egyptian ambush at the Mitla Pass.
This was Round Two, this was Double Jeopardy, where the scores could really change, and Howard Mitla was racking up a bundle.
There were treasures from Mexico and Peru, from every romantic bit of the wonderful countries south of us— blocks of porphyry with quaint grecques and hieroglyphic painting from Mitla, copper axes and pottery from Cuzco, sculptured stones and mosaics, jugs, cups, vases, little gods and great, sacrificial stones, a treasure house of Aztec and Inca lore—enough to keep one occupied for hours merely to look at.