Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... figures of human beings and of animals , in the round and in bas - relief , in a better state of preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their ...
... figures of human beings and of animals , in the round and in bas - relief , in a better state of preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their ...
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... figures that will enable any one to easily understand why the Maya author symbolized the Caribbean Sea as a deer , and the empire of Mayach as a tree , rooted in the southern continent , and having a single branch , horizontal and ...
... figures that will enable any one to easily understand why the Maya author symbolized the Caribbean Sea as a deer , and the empire of Mayach as a tree , rooted in the southern continent , and having a single branch , horizontal and ...
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... symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resem- bling a deer - which may have been the reason why they called the country U - luumil ceh , the " land of the deer . " seen that this o , luumil , is the symbol INTRODUCTION . xlv.
... symbolized said sea by the figure of an animal resem- bling a deer - which may have been the reason why they called the country U - luumil ceh , the " land of the deer . " seen that this o , luumil , is the symbol INTRODUCTION . xlv.
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... figure☐ flanked on each side by the symbol imix . Who can fail to see that this figure bears a strik- ing resemblance to the Egyptian sign that Dr. Young translates ma , and Mr. Champollion asserts to be simply the letter M ? By a ...
... figure☐ flanked on each side by the symbol imix . Who can fail to see that this figure bears a strik- ing resemblance to the Egyptian sign that Dr. Young translates ma , and Mr. Champollion asserts to be simply the letter M ? By a ...
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... figure to represent the letter M , initial of their word Ma . The Mayas , we are in- formed , made use of the identical sign , and ascribed to it the same signification . We may perhaps find out from them the reasons that induced their ...
... figure to represent the letter M , initial of their word Ma . The Mayas , we are in- formed , made use of the identical sign , and ascribed to it the same signification . We may perhaps find out from them the reasons that induced their ...
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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