Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... symbols xlii xliv · • IV . Map of Drowned Valleys of Antillean Lands , by Prof. J. W. Spencer , by his permission xlv V. Map of West Indies , from Troano MS . VI . Banana Leaf , a token of hospitality among the South Sea Islanders ...
... symbols xlii xliv · • IV . Map of Drowned Valleys of Antillean Lands , by Prof. J. W. Spencer , by his permission xlv V. Map of West Indies , from Troano MS . VI . Banana Leaf , a token of hospitality among the South Sea Islanders ...
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... . The Lord of the Yucatan Forests . LXXIII . Part of Façade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal . Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of the Mastodon From life 236 • 256 PREFACE . In this work I offer " To accept LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... . The Lord of the Yucatan Forests . LXXIII . Part of Façade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal . Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of the Mastodon From life 236 • 256 PREFACE . In this work I offer " To accept LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend accompanying the image , in stucco , of a human sacrifice that adorned the frieze of the celebrated temple of Kabul at Izamal . This legend I have selected ...
... symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend accompanying the image , in stucco , of a human sacrifice that adorned the frieze of the celebrated temple of Kabul at Izamal . This legend I have selected ...
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... symbols of the religion of their forefathers ; imposing upon them strange idols , that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother2 - an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon , and ...
... symbols of the religion of their forefathers ; imposing upon them strange idols , that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother2 - an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon , and ...
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... symbols , transmitted to them orally by their fathers . This reserve may be the reason why some travellers , unable to obtain any information from the aborigines , have erroneously asserted that they have lost all traditionary lore ...
... symbols , transmitted to them orally by their fathers . This reserve may be the reason why some travellers , unable to obtain any information from the aborigines , have erroneously asserted that they have lost all traditionary lore ...
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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