Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xxi
... natives as they found them at the time of , and long after , the conquest of America by their countrymen , whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information - the books and ancient records of the Maya ...
... natives as they found them at the time of , and long after , the conquest of America by their countrymen , whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information - the books and ancient records of the Maya ...
Page xxii
... natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were , invariably was , We do not know . For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo - authorities , shall the truth learned from the works of the Maya sages and the ...
... natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were , invariably was , We do not know . For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo - authorities , shall the truth learned from the works of the Maya sages and the ...
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... natives ; its subterraneous streams of cool and limpid water , inhabited by bagres and other fish - are yet to be studied by modern geologists ; whilst its flora and fauna , so rich and so diversified , but imperfectly known , await ...
... natives ; its subterraneous streams of cool and limpid water , inhabited by bagres and other fish - are yet to be studied by modern geologists ; whilst its flora and fauna , so rich and so diversified , but imperfectly known , await ...
Page xxxii
... natives regarded them , as their descendants do still , with rev- erential fear . There were recorded the legends of the past— a dead letter for them as for the learned men of the present age . There , also , on the interior walls of ...
... natives regarded them , as their descendants do still , with rev- erential fear . There were recorded the legends of the past— a dead letter for them as for the learned men of the present age . There , also , on the interior walls of ...
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... natives ; not , however , with the ex- tension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come , for it would be difficult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were ...
... natives ; not , however , with the ex- tension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come , for it would be difficult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet 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 palaces 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