Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... lived there in times immemorial , and that we have not the slightest ray of light to illumine the darkness that surrounds the origin of those primeval men . Furthermore , it is now admitted by the generality of scientists , that man ...
... lived there in times immemorial , and that we have not the slightest ray of light to illumine the darkness that surrounds the origin of those primeval men . Furthermore , it is now admitted by the generality of scientists , that man ...
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... lived under the trees , under the prune trees , under the vines , and were very miserable . " ) 3 * Cogolludo , Historia de Yucathan , lib . iv . , cap . 3 , p . 179 . tion , the old traditions and lore were forgotten or XXX INTRODUCTION .
... lived under the trees , under the prune trees , under the vines , and were very miserable . " ) 3 * Cogolludo , Historia de Yucathan , lib . iv . , cap . 3 , p . 179 . tion , the old traditions and lore were forgotten or XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... lived in their neighborhood . They had lost , he says , the memory of those who built them , and of the object for which they had been erected . Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , figures ...
... lived in their neighborhood . They had lost , he says , the memory of those who built them , and of the object for which they had been erected . Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , figures ...
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... lived so far apart . Very true . I do 1 Champollion , Précis du Système Hieroglyphique , p . 355 . Landa , Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan , chap . xli . , p . 322 . I merely suggest a possi- not pretend it is not liv INTRODUCTION .
... lived so far apart . Very true . I do 1 Champollion , Précis du Système Hieroglyphique , p . 355 . Landa , Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan , chap . xli . , p . 322 . I merely suggest a possi- not pretend it is not liv INTRODUCTION .
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... lived ; seeming to entertain the idea that the science of general geography belongs exclusively to modern times . The name Maya , found among all civilized nations of antiquity , in Asia , Africa , Europe , as INTRODUCTION . lvii.
... lived ; seeming to entertain the idea that the science of general geography belongs exclusively to modern times . The name Maya , found among all civilized nations of antiquity , in Asia , Africa , Europe , as INTRODUCTION . lvii.
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