Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... ages American nations played on this world's stage , and the influence they exerted over the populations of Asia , Africa , and Europe . Still , as far as we can scan the long vista of the past centuries , the Mayas seem to have had ...
... ages American nations played on this world's stage , and the influence they exerted over the populations of Asia , Africa , and Europe . Still , as far as we can scan the long vista of the past centuries , the Mayas seem to have had ...
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... Ages came nigh wiping out all traces of civilization- which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific attainments illumined that night of intellectual darkness as a brilliant meteor ...
... Ages came nigh wiping out all traces of civilization- which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific attainments illumined that night of intellectual darkness as a brilliant meteor ...
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... ages , this Egyptian sphinx has been the enigma of history . Has its solution at last been given by the ancient Maya archives ? In the appendix are presented , for the first time in modern ages , the cosmogonic notions of the ancient ...
... ages , this Egyptian sphinx has been the enigma of history . Has its solution at last been given by the ancient Maya archives ? In the appendix are presented , for the first time in modern ages , the cosmogonic notions of the ancient ...
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... ages by those Maya adepts ( Naacal " the exalted " ) , who , starting from the land of their birth as missionaries of religion and civilization , went to Burmah , where they became known as Nagas , established themselves in the Dekkan ...
... ages by those Maya adepts ( Naacal " the exalted " ) , who , starting from the land of their birth as missionaries of religion and civilization , went to Burmah , where they became known as Nagas , established themselves in the Dekkan ...
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... ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty , or fanatical monks who believed they pleased the Almighty by destroying a civ- ilization equal if ...
... ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty , or fanatical monks who believed they pleased the Almighty by destroying a civ- ilization equal if ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color Cosas de Yucatan cosmogonic earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father figure Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings Kneph knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya dictionary Maya Empire Maya language Maya sages Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Naacal Nahuatls natives Osiris palaces Palenque peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh's Memorial Queen Móo Quichés remote ages represented Sacred Mysteries says sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan