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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 Prince Coh by his sisterwife ...
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 Prince Coh by his sisterwife ...
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In these Maya writings we also meet with the solution of that much mooted question among modern scientists—the existence, destruction, and submergence of a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, “as related by Plato in his “ Timaaus'” and ...
In these Maya writings we also meet with the solution of that much mooted question among modern scientists—the existence, destruction, and submergence of a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, “as related by Plato in his “ Timaaus'” and ...
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Failing to fall in with such place of refuge as she was seeking, she continued her journey eastward, and at last reached the Maya colonies that for many years had been established on the banks of the .Nile. The settlers received her ...
Failing to fall in with such place of refuge as she was seeking, she continued her journey eastward, and at last reached the Maya colonies that for many years had been established on the banks of the .Nile. The settlers received her ...
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What do they know of the ancient Mayas, of their customs and manners, of their scientific or artistic attainments ? Do they understand the Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the ...
What do they know of the ancient Mayas, of their customs and manners, of their scientific or artistic attainments ? Do they understand the Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the ...
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That wisdom was no doubt brought to India, and from there carried to Babylon and Egypt in very remote ages by those Maya adepts (Nancel —“the exalted ”), who, starting from the land of their birth as missionaries of religion and ...
That wisdom was no doubt brought to India, and from there carried to Babylon and Egypt in very remote ages by those Maya adepts (Nancel —“the exalted ”), who, starting from the land of their birth as missionaries of religion and ...
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Table des matières
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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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