II. ANTIQUITY OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS 47 How long were they here? 51 III. WHO WERE THE MOUND-BUILDERS? 57 Not Ancestors of the Wild Indians 58 Brereton’s Story 62 American Ethnology 65 Who the Mound-Builders were 70 IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 76 Their Northern Remains 77 The “Seven Cities of Cevola” 85 Central Mexico 89 The great Ruins at the South 93 V. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 103 Palenque 104 Copan and Quiragua[TN-1] 111 Mitla 117 An Astronomical Monument 122 Ruins farther South 123 The Ruins in Yucatan 125 Mayapan 127 Uxmal 131 Kabah 137 Chichen-Itza 140 Other Ruins 144 VI. ANTIQUITY OF THE RUINS 151 Distinct Eras traced 155 Nothing perishable left 156 “The Oldest of Civilizations” 159 American Cities seen by Tyrians 161 VII. WHENCE CAME THIS CIVILIZATION? 165 The “Lost Tribes of Israel” 166 The “Malay” Theory 167 The Phœnician Theory 171 The “Atlantic” Theory 174 It was an original Civilization 184 VIII. AMERICAN ANCIENT HISTORY 187 The Old Books not all lost 189 The Ancient History sketched 197 The Toltecs our Mound-Builders 200 Some confirmation of the History 205