Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... natives as they found them at the time of, and long after, the conquest of America by their countrymen, whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information—the books and ancient records of the Maya philosophers and ...
... natives as they found them at the time of, and long after, the conquest of America by their countrymen, whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information—the books and ancient records of the Maya philosophers and ...
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... natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were, invariably was, We do not know. For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo-authorities, shall the truth learned from the works of the Maya sages and the ...
... natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were, invariably was, We do not know. For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo-authorities, shall the truth learned from the works of the Maya sages and the ...
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... natives; its subterraneous streams of cool and limpid water, inhabited by bagres and other fish—are yet to be studied by modern geologists; whilst its flora and fauna, so rich and so diversified, but imperfectly known, await ...
... natives; its subterraneous streams of cool and limpid water, inhabited by bagres and other fish—are yet to be studied by modern geologists; whilst its flora and fauna, so rich and so diversified, but imperfectly known, await ...
Page xxxii
... natives regarded them, as their descendants do still, with reverential fear. There were recorded the legends of the pasta dead letter for them as for the learned men of the present age. There, also, on the interior walls of many ...
... natives regarded them, as their descendants do still, with reverential fear. There were recorded the legends of the pasta dead letter for them as for the learned men of the present age. There, also, on the interior walls of many ...
Page xxxiv
... natives; not, however, with the extension some might desire, mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come, for it would be diflicult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were unable to ...
... natives; not, however, with the extension some might desire, mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come, for it would be diflicult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were unable to ...
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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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