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Tableau showing the Creator in the Cosmic Egg . . . Kneeling 'Cynoeephalus. From. the Temple of Death at Portico, with inscription resembling those of Palenque Portrait of a Maya Nobleman called Cancell- A hasrelief on one of the ants ...
Tableau showing the Creator in the Cosmic Egg . . . Kneeling 'Cynoeephalus. From. the Temple of Death at Portico, with inscription resembling those of Palenque Portrait of a Maya Nobleman called Cancell- A hasrelief on one of the ants ...
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Before with the etymology of the name Mayach, it may not be amiss to explain the legends and the other drawings of the tableau. It will be noticed that the characters over that part of the drawing which looks like the horizontal branch ...
Before with the etymology of the name Mayach, it may not be amiss to explain the legends and the other drawings of the tableau. It will be noticed that the characters over that part of the drawing which looks like the horizontal branch ...
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... better understanding of the map, and of the exact position of the various localities; that of the Mexican Gulf figured on the left, and of the ideographic or pictorial representation of the Caribbean Sea to the right of the tableau.
... better understanding of the map, and of the exact position of the various localities; that of the Mexican Gulf figured on the left, and of the ideographic or pictorial representation of the Caribbean Sea to the right of the tableau.
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117$ - In the tableau the Maya. Empire is portrayed by the beb— a tree with the trunk full of thorns. The trunk is the image of the chain of mountains that traverses the whole country from north to south. There dwelt the masters of the ...
117$ - In the tableau the Maya. Empire is portrayed by the beb— a tree with the trunk full of thorns. The trunk is the image of the chain of mountains that traverses the whole country from north to south. There dwelt the masters of the ...
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There remains to be explained what may be considered, in the present instance, the most important character of the tableau, since it is the original name given, in the most remote ages, to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps ...
There remains to be explained what may be considered, in the present instance, the most important character of the tableau, since it is the original name given, in the most remote ages, to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps ...
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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