Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... represents it “ as a very large and fertile country, well watered by abundant streams; ” and he refers to a decree enacted by the Senate of Carthage toward the. year 509 3.0., intended to stem the current of emigration that had set ...
... represents it “ as a very large and fertile country, well watered by abundant streams; ” and he refers to a decree enacted by the Senate of Carthage toward the. year 509 3.0., intended to stem the current of emigration that had set ...
Page xix
... representing him. 'On the top of the monument was his totem, a dying leopard with a human head—a veritable sphinx. Once established in the land of her adoption, did she order the erection of another of his totems—again a leopard with ...
... representing him. 'On the top of the monument was his totem, a dying leopard with a human head—a veritable sphinx. Once established in the land of her adoption, did she order the erection of another of his totems—again a leopard with ...
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... represented under any shape. Yet, by lashes, torture, death even, the victims were compelled to pay homage to these images, with rites and ceremonies the purport of which they were, as their descendants still are, unable to understand ...
... represented under any shape. Yet, by lashes, torture, death even, the victims were compelled to pay homage to these images, with rites and ceremonies the purport of which they were, as their descendants still are, unable to understand ...
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... represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac, “ turtle.” By this sign placed between the two others, he intends to convey to t e mind of his readers that the submerged places to which he refers are situated between the two ...
... represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac, “ turtle.” By this sign placed between the two others, he intends to convey to t e mind of his readers that the submerged places to which he refers are situated between the two ...
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... represented by the dots . . . . , and of small circles, 0, images of volcanoes.“ As to the character it is composed of two letters A, equivalent to Maya “ and Greek letter A, so entwined asto form the character-X , equal to the Greek ...
... represented by the dots . . . . , and of small circles, 0, images of volcanoes.“ As to the character it is composed of two letters A, equivalent to Maya “ and Greek letter A, so entwined asto form the character-X , equal to the Greek ...
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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