Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... to vain." (Indian Saying.) IN this work I ofler no theory. In questions of history theories prove nothing. They are therefore out of place. I leave my readers. to draw their own inferences from the facts presented for their ...
... to vain." (Indian Saying.) IN this work I ofler no theory. In questions of history theories prove nothing. They are therefore out of place. I leave my readers. to draw their own inferences from the facts presented for their ...
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... of them; and that distance was no greater obstacle to their intercourse than it is to-day to that of the inhabitants of the various countries. It has been, and still is, a favorite hypothesis, with certain students of ethnology, that ...
... of them; and that distance was no greater obstacle to their intercourse than it is to-day to that of the inhabitants of the various countries. It has been, and still is, a favorite hypothesis, with certain students of ethnology, that ...
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... of being remembered and preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession-stone. And so it is that we find to-day the cosmogonic and religious notions, the records of natural ...
... of being remembered and preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession-stone. And so it is that we find to-day the cosmogonic and religious notions, the records of natural ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. known by all civilized nations, thousands of years ago, as is today that of the English. Thus we ... to us as Central America, which in those times composed the Maya. Empire. The seat of the Government and residence ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. known by all civilized nations, thousands of years ago, as is today that of the English. Thus we ... to us as Central America, which in those times composed the Maya. Empire. The seat of the Government and residence ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of this ... to us, as traditions, in the sacred books of various nations, and which are ... day life of the Mayas, Egyptians, and Greeks, leses all the seeming ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of this ... to us, as traditions, in the sacred books of various nations, and which are ... day life of the Mayas, Egyptians, and Greeks, leses all the seeming ...
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