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and it might be well for the Museum to make provision by which these valuable relics should be duplicated; ^[[the]] series should be extended to include all other [[strikethrough]] possible [[/strikethrough]] specimens so as to become as complete as [[strikethrough]] can be [[/strikethrough]] ^[[possible]], and that they should, according to the general plan proposed by me, ^[[be]] united with all antiquities from the same country and displayed in one group or chamber. The great Altar of the "Temple of the Sun" was divided into three great slabs of stone. The right half is possessed by our Museum, as described, the central portion was removed from its place and carried a short distance in the attempt to transport it to Mexico, the task was found too difficult and it was allowed to remain exposed to the running water ^[[& the elements for 20 [[strikethrough]] ye [[/strikeout]] more years]] and so damaged as to be nearly destroyed. It [[strikethrough]] was in after times [[/strikethrough]] ^[[has lately been]] transported to the City of Mexico where it now [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] is in the Museum Nationale. The left-hand portion still remains in place in Palenque, [[strikethrough]] Yucatan.[[/strikethrough]]