Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... tableau . It will be noticed that the charac- ters over that part of the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against the trunk , but in an inverted position . It is ...
... tableau . It will be noticed that the charac- ters over that part of the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against the trunk , but in an inverted position . It is ...
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... tableau . In order to thoroughly comprehend the idea of the Maya author , it is indispensable to have a perfect knowledge of the con- tours of the seas and lands mentioned by him in this instance , even as they exist to - day . Of ...
... tableau . In order to thoroughly comprehend the idea of the Maya author , it is indispensable to have a perfect knowledge of the con- tours of the seas and lands mentioned by him in this instance , even as they exist to - day . Of ...
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... tableau the Maya Empire is portrayed by the beb— a tree with the trunk full of thorns . The trunk is the image of the chain of mountains that traverses the whole country from north to south . There dwelt the masters of the earth , the ...
... tableau the Maya Empire is portrayed by the beb— a tree with the trunk full of thorns . The trunk is the image of the chain of mountains that traverses the whole country from north to south . There dwelt the masters of the earth , the ...
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... tableau , thus the to show tree explained what may be con- instance , the most important since it is the original name It given , in the most remote ages , to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps as the peninsula of Yucatan ...
... tableau , thus the to show tree explained what may be con- instance , the most important since it is the original name It given , in the most remote ages , to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps as the peninsula of Yucatan ...
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... tableau , plate v . , which forms the middle section of plate xiii . in the second part of the Troano MS . , the author describes the occurrence of a certain phenomenon of volcanic origin , whose focus of action was lo- cated in the ...
... tableau , plate v . , which forms the middle section of plate xiii . in the second part of the Troano MS . , the author describes the occurrence of a certain phenomenon of volcanic origin , whose focus of action was lo- cated in the ...
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