Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... find to-day the cosmogonic and religious notions, the records of natural phenomena and predominant incidents in the history of their nation and that of their rulers, sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces of the civilized ...
... find to-day the cosmogonic and religious notions, the records of natural phenomena and predominant incidents in the history of their nation and that of their rulers, sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces of the civilized ...
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... find frequent mention of the great Saturnian continent, distant many thou.sand stadia. from the Pillars of Hercules toward the setting sun. Plutarch, in his “Life of Solon,” says that when the famed Greek legislator visited Egypt (600 ...
... find frequent mention of the great Saturnian continent, distant many thou.sand stadia. from the Pillars of Hercules toward the setting sun. Plutarch, in his “Life of Solon,” says that when the famed Greek legislator visited Egypt (600 ...
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... 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 regard it as a myth ...
... 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 regard it as a myth ...
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... find the reason why the number ten was held most sacred by all civilized nations of antiquity; and why the Mayas, who in their scheme of numeration adopted the decimal system, did not reckon by tens but by fives and twenties; and why ...
... find the reason why the number ten was held most sacred by all civilized nations of antiquity; and why the Mayas, who in their scheme of numeration adopted the decimal system, did not reckon by tens but by fives and twenties; and why ...
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... find any more data than those I mention here. ” 4 The books and other writings of the chroniclers and historians, from the Spanish conquest to our times, should therefore be considered well-nigh valueless, so far as the history of the ...
... find any more data than those I mention here. ” 4 The books and other writings of the chroniclers and historians, from the Spanish conquest to our times, should therefore be considered well-nigh valueless, so far as the history of the ...
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