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For instance, we find in them the history of certain personages who, after their death, be-. came the gods most universally revered by the Egyptians, Isis and Osiris, whose earthly history, related by Wilkinson and other writers who ...
For instance, we find in them the history of certain personages who, after their death, be-. came the gods most universally revered by the Egyptians, Isis and Osiris, whose earthly history, related by Wilkinson and other writers who ...
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raised such. a magnificent temple in Cambodia, in the city of Anger-Thom, to their god, the seven-headed serpent, the Ahae-ehapzat of the Mayas, and afterward carried its worship to Akkad and to Babylon. In these cosmogonic notions we ...
raised such. a magnificent temple in Cambodia, in the city of Anger-Thom, to their god, the seven-headed serpent, the Ahae-ehapzat of the Mayas, and afterward carried its worship to Akkad and to Babylon. In these cosmogonic notions we ...
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The great men and women of the primitive ages were transformed into the gods of the elements and of the phenomena of nature. The ancient libraries having disappeared, new books had to be written. They contained those myths.
The great men and women of the primitive ages were transformed into the gods of the elements and of the phenomena of nature. The ancient libraries having disappeared, new books had to be written. They contained those myths.
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... their farms, their cities; ' spreading ruin and devastation throughout the land;° desecrating the temples of their gods; trampling underfoot the sacred images,. 1 Cogolludo, Historia de Yucathan, lib. ii., chap. vi., p. 77.
... their farms, their cities; ' spreading ruin and devastation throughout the land;° desecrating the temples of their gods; trampling underfoot the sacred images,. 1 Cogolludo, Historia de Yucathan, lib. ii., chap. vi., p. 77.
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crating the temples of their gods; 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 ...
crating the temples of their gods; 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 ...
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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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