Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xvii
... explanation . this shows how very simple facts have been , and still are , made use of by crafty men , such as the highpriest Hilkiah , to de- vise religious speculations and impose on the good faith of ignorant , credulous , and ...
... explanation . this shows how very simple facts have been , and still are , made use of by crafty men , such as the highpriest Hilkiah , to de- vise religious speculations and impose on the good faith of ignorant , credulous , and ...
Page xxxix
... explanation did not suit Señor Eligio Ancona , 3 streams . 1 Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguiar , the author of Historia de la Creacion del cielo y de la Tierra , was a native of the ciudad Real de Chiapas . He died , very much advanced in years ...
... explanation did not suit Señor Eligio Ancona , 3 streams . 1 Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguiar , the author of Historia de la Creacion del cielo y de la Tierra , was a native of the ciudad Real de Chiapas . He died , very much advanced in years ...
Page xl
... explain the word Maya , that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab , the ancient name of the country . " In asserting that the true name ( nombre ver- dadero ) of the peninsula in ancient times was Mayab , Señor Ancona ...
... explain the word Maya , that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab , the ancient name of the country . " In asserting that the true name ( nombre ver- dadero ) of the peninsula in ancient times was Mayab , Señor Ancona ...
Page xlii
... explain the legends and the other drawings of the tableau . It will be noticed that the charac- ters over that part of the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against ...
... explain the legends and the other drawings of the tableau . It will be noticed that the charac- ters over that part of the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against ...
Page xlv
... explanation of the Maya maps , showing why they symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resem- bling a deer - which may have been the reason why they called the country U - luumil ceh , the " land of the deer . " seen that this ...
... explanation of the Maya maps , showing why they symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resem- bling a deer - which may have been the reason why they called the country U - luumil ceh , the " land of the deer . " seen that this ...
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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