Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxA new and different approach to Atlantis by way of the Mayan civilization, thoroughly investigated, heavily illustrated and highly intriguing. |
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Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , 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 ...
Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , 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 ...
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On it I have traced , in dotted lines , 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 ...
On it I have traced , in dotted lines , 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 ...
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... in explanation of the Maya maps , showing why they 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 .
... in explanation of the Maya maps , showing why they 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 .
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It is easy to see that it is composed of the geometrical 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.
It is easy to see that it is composed of the geometrical 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.
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1 It is evident that we can learn nothing from the Egyptians of the motives that prompted the inventor of their alphabetical characters to select that peculiar figure to represent the letter M , initial of their word Ma .
1 It is evident that we can learn nothing from the Egyptians of the motives that prompted the inventor of their alphabetical characters to select that peculiar figure to represent the letter M , initial of their word Ma .
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