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The Maya sages doubtless had reached similar conclusions, since they called their country Mayach; that is, “ the land first emerged from the bosom of ... inhabitants; and that its concomitant, civilization, grew apace with its PREFACE. ix.
The Maya sages doubtless had reached similar conclusions, since they called their country Mayach; that is, “ the land first emerged from the bosom of ... inhabitants; and that its concomitant, civilization, grew apace with its PREFACE. ix.
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inhabitants; and that its concomitant, civilization, grew apace with its development. ... sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces of the civilized Mayas, Chaldeans, and Egyptians, as on the sacred rocks and in the hallowed ...
inhabitants; and that its concomitant, civilization, grew apace with its development. ... sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces of the civilized Mayas, Chaldeans, and Egyptians, as on the sacred rocks and in the hallowed ...
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degree of civilization reached by a people, and constitutes, therefore, an important factor in historical research; although it is ... I reserve the teachings that may be. gathered from the study of Maya monuments for a future occasion; ...
degree of civilization reached by a people, and constitutes, therefore, an important factor in historical research; although it is ... I reserve the teachings that may be. gathered from the study of Maya monuments for a future occasion; ...
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... for not only do they know absolutely nothing of ancient American civilization, but, judg-. ing from letters in my ... Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages, their cosmogonic, ...
... for not only do they know absolutely nothing of ancient American civilization, but, judg-. ing from letters in my ... Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages, their cosmogonic, ...
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... what practical utility can the knowledge that America was possibly the cradle of man's civilization be to mankind ? ... and temples of the Mayan, that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in ...
... what practical utility can the knowledge that America was possibly the cradle of man's civilization be to mankind ? ... and temples of the Mayan, that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in ...
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Table des matières
mm | lxii |
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