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If the opinion of Lyell, Humphry, and a host of modern geologists, regarding the priority of America's antiquity, be correct, what right have we to gainsay the assertion of the Mayan and of the Egyptians in claiming likewise priority ...
If the opinion of Lyell, Humphry, and a host of modern geologists, regarding the priority of America's antiquity, be correct, what right have we to gainsay the assertion of the Mayan and of the Egyptians in claiming likewise priority ...
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My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of this assertion. The reading of the Maya inscriptions and books, among other very interesting subjects, reveals the origin of many narratives that have come down to us, ...
My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of this assertion. The reading of the Maya inscriptions and books, among other very interesting subjects, reveals the origin of many narratives that have come down to us, ...
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... trampling underfoot the sacred images, the venerated symbols of the religion of their forefathers;1 imposing upon them strange idols, that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother 2--an assertion that seemed ...
... trampling underfoot the sacred images, the venerated symbols of the religion of their forefathers;1 imposing upon them strange idols, that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother 2--an assertion that seemed ...
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In asserting that the true name (nombre eerdadero) of the peninsula in ancient times was Mayab, Sefior Ancona does not sustain his assertion by any known historical document; be merely refers to the Maya dictionary of Pie Perez, ...
In asserting that the true name (nombre eerdadero) of the peninsula in ancient times was Mayab, Sefior Ancona does not sustain his assertion by any known historical document; be merely refers to the Maya dictionary of Pie Perez, ...
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This assertion seems to find confirmation in the symbol of the Mayas ; and the name Mayach forms no exception to the rule. In fact, if we draw round the Yucatan peninsula a geometrical figure enclosing it, and composed of straight lines ...
This assertion seems to find confirmation in the symbol of the Mayas ; and the name Mayach forms no exception to the rule. In fact, if we draw round the Yucatan peninsula a geometrical figure enclosing it, and composed of straight lines ...
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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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