Palaces of the Ancient New World
Evans, Susan Toby / Pillsbury, Joanne / Pillsbury, Joanne / Nelson, Ben A. / Andrews, E. Wyllys / Webster, David![Palaces of the Ancient New World](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/232/23270318/CHSBZCOP0323270318.jpg)
Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the fi...