Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... the limits of the present work . I reserve the teachings that may be gathered from the study of Maya monuments for a future occasion ; restricting my observations now principally to the Memorial Hall at Chichen , dedicated to the manes ...
... the limits of the present work . I reserve the teachings that may be gathered from the study of Maya monuments for a future occasion ; restricting my observations now principally to the Memorial Hall at Chichen , dedicated to the manes ...
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... 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 given by the ancient Maya archives ? In the ...
... 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 given by the ancient Maya archives ? In the ...
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... the subject , in Europe or in the United States , establish their claim to be regarded as authorities ? What do they know of the ancient Mayas , of their customs and manners , of their scientific or artistic attainments ? they understand ...
... the subject , in Europe or in the United States , establish their claim to be regarded as authorities ? What do they know of the ancient Mayas , of their customs and manners , of their scientific or artistic attainments ? they understand ...
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... ancient philosophers , of which that preserved in the books of the Brahmins is but the reflection . That ... Maya inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who give themselves as authorities on ancient ...
... ancient philosophers , of which that preserved in the books of the Brahmins is but the reflection . That ... Maya inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who give themselves as authorities on ancient ...
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... the serpent head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea ...
... the serpent head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea ...
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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 composed 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 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