Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages A new and different approach to Atlantis by way of the Mayan civilization, thoroughly investigated, heavily illustrated and highly intriguing. |
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... measures . In the following pages I simply offer to my readers the re- lation of certain facts I have learned from the sculptures , the monumental inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined pal- aces of the Mayas ; the record of ...
... measures . In the following pages I simply offer to my readers the re- lation of certain facts I have learned from the sculptures , the monumental inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined pal- aces of the Mayas ; the record of ...
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... measure from the language , which is a sort of monument to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contrib- uted a stone . ( Ralph Waldo Emerson , Essays , XX . , " Nominalist and Realist . " ) IN ages long ...
... measure from the language , which is a sort of monument to which each forcible individual in a course of many hundred years has contrib- uted a stone . ( Ralph Waldo Emerson , Essays , XX . , " Nominalist and Realist . " ) IN ages long ...
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... measure of dimension . The half of 1056 is 528. This number multiplied by 10 gives 5280 , the length in feet of the British mile . By permutation 528 becomes 825. But 8.25 feet is the length of half a rod , whilst 5280 × 8.25 feet is ...
... measure of dimension . The half of 1056 is 528. This number multiplied by 10 gives 5280 , the length in feet of the British mile . By permutation 528 becomes 825. But 8.25 feet is the length of half a rod , whilst 5280 × 8.25 feet is ...
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... measure identical with the metre . For an answer to this unfounded criticism , see Appendix , notes xii , and xiv . D. G. Brinton , Essays of an Americanist , p . 167 . Ibid . , p . 261. For a reply to this assertion , see Appendix ...
... measure identical with the metre . For an answer to this unfounded criticism , see Appendix , notes xii , and xiv . D. G. Brinton , Essays of an Americanist , p . 167 . Ibid . , p . 261. For a reply to this assertion , see Appendix ...
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... measures five by nine inches . The learned Abbé Brasseur , returning from his expedition to Yucatan , passing through Madrid , made the acquaintance of Señor Dn . Juan Tro y Ortelano , professor of palæography at the University of that ...
... measures five by nine inches . The learned Abbé Brasseur , returning from his expedition to Yucatan , passing through Madrid , made the acquaintance of Señor Dn . Juan Tro y Ortelano , professor of palæography at the University of that ...
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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