Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... nature . 1 The ancient libraries having disappeared , new books had to be written . They contained those myths . The Troano and the Dresden MSS . seem to belong to that epoch . They con- tain , besides some of the old cosmogonical ...
... nature . 1 The ancient libraries having disappeared , new books had to be written . They contained those myths . The Troano and the Dresden MSS . seem to belong to that epoch . They con- tain , besides some of the old cosmogonical ...
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... nature they had witnessed , the tenets of the religion they had professed — all contained , as we have said , in the inscriptions that covered these antique walls — were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which ...
... nature they had witnessed , the tenets of the religion they had professed — all contained , as we have said , in the inscriptions that covered these antique walls — were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which ...
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... nature were as indifferent to the lot of man in remote ages as they are to - day ; that no creatures , whatever they be , have for them any importance beyond their acting of the rôle which they are called upon to play momentarily in the ...
... nature were as indifferent to the lot of man in remote ages as they are to - day ; that no creatures , whatever they be , have for them any importance beyond their acting of the rôle which they are called upon to play momentarily in the ...
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... nature can be demonstrated , owes its origin , among the Mayas , to the configuration of the Yucatan peninsula , and its posi- tion between two gulfs , and that the inventors were acquainted with their extent and contour . Not a few ...
... nature can be demonstrated , owes its origin , among the Mayas , to the configuration of the Yucatan peninsula , and its posi- tion between two gulfs , and that the inventors were acquainted with their extent and contour . Not a few ...
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... nature , beautiful and fruitful . In their hieroglyphs it meant " worship . " For the Christians the equilateral triangle , con- taining the open eye of Siva , is the symbol of Deity . The Hindoos and the Chaldees regarded it as emblem ...
... nature , beautiful and fruitful . In their hieroglyphs it meant " worship . " For the Christians the equilateral triangle , con- taining the open eye of Siva , is the symbol of Deity . The Hindoos and the Chaldees regarded it as emblem ...
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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