Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... preservation , men linked themselves into clans , tribes , and nations , history was born , and with it a desire to ... preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession ...
... preservation , men linked themselves into clans , tribes , and nations , history was born , and with it a desire to ... preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession ...
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... preserve the memory of the prodigious magnitude of the Atlantic island as related by their ancestors , and of its governing for many periods all the islands in the Atlantic sea . From this isle one may pass to other large islands beyond ...
... preserve the memory of the prodigious magnitude of the Atlantic island as related by their ancestors , and of its governing for many periods all the islands in the Atlantic sea . From this isle one may pass to other large islands beyond ...
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... preserved in a stone urn , in his mausoleum at Chichen . Osiris , we are told , was killed by his brother through jeal- ousy , and because his murderer wished to seize the reins of the government . He made war against the widow , his ...
... preserved in a stone urn , in his mausoleum at Chichen . Osiris , we are told , was killed by his brother through jeal- ousy , and because his murderer wished to seize the reins of the government . He made war against the widow , his ...
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... preserved for the knowledge of coming gen- erations . The fourth was written thousands of miles from Mayach , in Athens , the brilliant Grecian capital , in the form of an epic poem , in the Maya language . Each line of said poem ...
... preserved for the knowledge of coming gen- erations . The fourth was written thousands of miles from Mayach , in Athens , the brilliant Grecian capital , in the form of an epic poem , in the Maya language . Each line of said poem ...
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... preserve his memory among her followers ? The names inscribed on the base of the Egyptian sphinx seem to suggest this conjec- ture . Through the ages , this Egyptian sphinx has been the enigma of history . Has its solution at last been ...
... preserve his memory among her followers ? The names inscribed on the base of the Egyptian sphinx seem to suggest this conjec- ture . Through the ages , this Egyptian sphinx has been the enigma of history . Has its solution at last been ...
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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