Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... known to - day . A record of many of these events has reached our times writ- ten , by those who took part in them , in a language still spoken by several thousands of human beings . There we may read part of man's history and follow ...
... known to - day . A record of many of these events has reached our times writ- ten , by those who took part in them , in a language still spoken by several thousands of human beings . There we may read part of man's history and follow ...
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... known as America , received its human population , therefore its civili- zation , from Asia . True , there is a split in their ranks . They are not quite certain if the immigration in America came from Tartary across the Strait of ...
... known as America , received its human population , therefore its civili- zation , from Asia . True , there is a split in their ranks . They are not quite certain if the immigration in America came from Tartary across the Strait of ...
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... known continent on the face of the planet ; that the fossil remains of human beings found in vari- ous parts of it , far distant from each other , prove that man lived there in times immemorial , and that we have not the slightest ray ...
... known continent on the face of the planet ; that the fossil remains of human beings found in vari- ous parts of it , far distant from each other , prove that man lived there in times immemorial , and that we have not the slightest ray ...
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... direct and intimate communications with them . This fact is indeed no new revelation , as proved by the uni- versality of the name Maya , which seems to have been as well known by all civilized nations , thousands of years ago X PREFACE .
... direct and intimate communications with them . This fact is indeed no new revelation , as proved by the uni- versality of the name Maya , which seems to have been as well known by all civilized nations , thousands of years ago X PREFACE .
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... known to us as Central America , which in those times composed the Maya Empire . The seat of the Govern- ment and residence of the rulers was the peninsula of Yucatan . Wherever found , the name Maya is synonymous with power , wisdom ...
... known to us as Central America , which in those times composed the Maya Empire . The seat of the Govern- ment and residence of the rulers was the peninsula of Yucatan . Wherever found , the name Maya is synonymous with power , wisdom ...
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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