Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 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 Chlchen, dedicated to the manes of ...
... 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 Chlchen, dedicated to the manes of ...
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... The names inscribed on the base of the Egyptian sphinx seem to suggest this conjecture. 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 conjecture. 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 ? Do they understand the ...
... 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 ? Do they understand the ...
Page xxiv
... ancient philosophers, of which that preserved in the books of the Brahmins is but the reflection. That wisdom was no ... 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 wisdom was no ... 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 sack and burning of the city of Mayapan and the extinction of the royal family of the Cocomes in 1420 so, two hundred and seventy years after its foundation.3 In the midst of the social cataclysms that gave the coup de grdce to the Maya ...
... the sack and burning of the city of Mayapan and the extinction of the royal family of the Cocomes in 1420 so, two hundred and seventy years after its foundation.3 In the midst of the social cataclysms that gave the coup de grdce to the Maya ...
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