Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... edifices, that were objects of admiration to them as they are to modern travellers. The only answer of 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 ...
... edifices, that were objects of admiration to them as they are to modern travellers. The only answer of 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 ...
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... edifices. This invasion took place in the year 522, or thereabout, of the Christian era, according to the opinion of modern computers.1 As a natural consequence of the destruction, by the invaders, of Chichen-Itza, then the. seat of ...
... edifices. This invasion took place in the year 522, or thereabout, of the Christian era, according to the opinion of modern computers.1 As a natural consequence of the destruction, by the invaders, of Chichen-Itza, then the. seat of ...
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... edifices at Izamal, asserts 1 that the ancient' buildings of the Mayas, at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in Yucatan, were already heaps of ruins—objects of awe and veneration to the aborigines who lived in their neighborhood ...
... edifices at Izamal, asserts 1 that the ancient' buildings of the Mayas, at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in Yucatan, were already heaps of ruins—objects of awe and veneration to the aborigines who lived in their neighborhood ...
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... edifices at Kabah, caused me to devote many months to the study of the Maya text of that interesting old document. It was with considerable surprise that I then discovered that several pages at the beginning of the second part are ...
... edifices at Kabah, caused me to devote many months to the study of the Maya text of that interesting old document. It was with considerable surprise that I then discovered that several pages at the beginning of the second part are ...
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Table des matières
mm | lxii |
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