Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... 86 109 120 • 121 122 128 • • 130 131 PLATES XLII . Attitude of Respect among the Mayas . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . drawings by the author PLATES Fossil Shells Map of Maya Empire, from Troano Modern Map of Central America, with Maya symbols ...
... 86 109 120 • 121 122 128 • • 130 131 PLATES XLII . Attitude of Respect among the Mayas . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . drawings by the author PLATES Fossil Shells Map of Maya Empire, from Troano Modern Map of Central America, with Maya symbols ...
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... Maya , still spoken by thousands of human beings , and in which the inscriptions sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces in the ruined cities of Yucatan are written , as are also the few books of the ancient Maya sages that ...
... Maya , still spoken by thousands of human beings , and in which the inscriptions sculptured on the walls of the temples and palaces in the ruined cities of Yucatan are written , as are also the few books of the ancient Maya sages that ...
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... Maya writings we also meet with the solution of that much mooted question among modern scientists - the ex- istence , destruction , and submergence of a large island in the Atlantic Ocean , as related by Plato in his " Timæus " and ...
... Maya writings we also meet with the solution of that much mooted question among modern scientists - the ex- istence , destruction , and submergence of a large island in the Atlantic Ocean , as related by Plato in his " Timæus " and ...
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... Mayas , of their customs and manners , of their scientific or artistic attainments ? they understand the Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages , their cosmogonic ...
... Mayas , of their customs and manners , of their scientific or artistic attainments ? they understand the Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages , their cosmogonic ...
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... Maya inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who give themselves as authorities on ancient Maya palæography are no longer justified in guessing at , or in forming theories as to the meaning of the Maya ...
... Maya inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who give themselves as authorities on ancient Maya palæography are no longer justified in guessing at , or in forming theories as to the meaning of the Maya ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo color composed Cosas de Yucatan earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island kings Kneph knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya dictionary Maya Empire Maya language Maya sages Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Naacal Nahuatls natives origin Osiris Palenque passim peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh's Memorial Queen Móo Quichés remote ages represented Sacred Mysteries says sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan