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Yet before their eyes were their facades, covered with sculptures, inscriptions, figures of human beings and of animals, in the round and in bas-relief, in a better state of preservation than they are now, not having then suffered so ...
Yet before their eyes were their facades, covered with sculptures, inscriptions, figures of human beings and of animals, in the round and in bas-relief, in a better state of preservation than they are now, not having then suffered so ...
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On it I have traced, in dotted lines, figures that will enable any one to easily understand why the Maya author symbolized the Caribbean Sea as a deer, and the empire of Mayach as a tree, ...
On it I have traced, in dotted lines, figures that will enable any one to easily understand why the Maya author symbolized the Caribbean Sea as a deer, and the empire of Mayach as a tree, ...
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... showing why they symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resembling a. deer—which may have been the reason why they called the countryU-luumil ceh, the “ land of the deer." 1 Lands, La 0080!; do Yucatan, chap. univ" p. 206-.
... showing why they symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resembling a. deer—which may have been the reason why they called the countryU-luumil ceh, the “ land of the deer." 1 Lands, La 0080!; do Yucatan, chap. univ" p. 206-.
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It is easyr to see that it is composed of the geometrical figure '1 flanked on each side by the symbol ® imix. Who can fail to see that this figure bears a striking resemblance to the Egyptian sign 3 that Dr. Young translates m,' and ...
It is easyr to see that it is composed of the geometrical figure '1 flanked on each side by the symbol ® imix. Who can fail to see that this figure bears a striking resemblance to the Egyptian sign 3 that Dr. Young translates m,' and ...
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... their alphabetical characters to select that peculiar figure I to represent the letter M, initial of their word Ma. ... strange geometrical figure as part of their symbol for Ma, radical of Mayach, name of the peninsula of Yucatan.
... their alphabetical characters to select that peculiar figure I to represent the letter M, initial of their word Ma. ... strange geometrical figure as part of their symbol for Ma, radical of Mayach, name of the peninsula of Yucatan.
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LXHI Javelin Head and Arrow Points found with the Charred | 159 |
Portrait of Queen M60 From a demirelief adorning | 166 |
Portrait of Bishop Lands second Bishop of Yucatan | 169 |
LXVHI Mezzorelievo in Stucco on the Frieze of the Temple | 197 |
Fresco Painting in the Funeral Chamber of Prince Cohs | 222 |
The Lord of the Yucatan Forests From life | 236 |
Part of Facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal Cosmic | 256 |
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Abbé adorned Akkadian Akkadian language alphabet ancestors ancient Maya Asia assertion Augustus Le Plongeon Brasseur Brinton called Caribbean Sea Central America Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh’s Memorial Hall color cosmogonic earth edifices Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father fields figure find fire first five flower Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya language Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Mysteries Naacal Nahuatls natives Osiris Palenque peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh’s Memorial Queen M60 remote ages represented sacred Sacred Mysteries sacrifices says scientific sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples Thoth tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing yellow Yucatan