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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In the following pages I simply offer to my readers the relation of certain facts I have learned from the sculptures , the monumental inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces of the Mayas , the record of which is likewise ...
In the following pages I simply offer to my readers the relation of certain facts I have learned from the sculptures , the monumental inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces of the Mayas , the record of which is likewise ...
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Walls covered with bas - reliefs , inscriptions and sculptures carved in marble , containing the panegyrics of rulers , the history of the nation , its cosmogonical traditions , the ancient religious rites and observances of its people ...
Walls covered with bas - reliefs , inscriptions and sculptures carved in marble , containing the panegyrics of rulers , the history of the nation , its cosmogonical traditions , the ancient religious rites and observances of its people ...
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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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1 1 2 and Uxmal , whose history , portrayed in the mural paintings , is also recounted in the legends and the sculptures still adorning the walls of their palaces and temples ; and to learn that these ancient personages had already been ...
1 1 2 and Uxmal , whose history , portrayed in the mural paintings , is also recounted in the legends and the sculptures still adorning the walls of their palaces and temples ; and to learn that these ancient personages had already been ...
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This title , given by the Mayas to their rulers , was derived from the contour of the empire , that of a serpent with inflated breast , which in their books and their sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings ...
This title , given by the Mayas to their rulers , was derived from the contour of the empire , that of a serpent with inflated breast , which in their books and their sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings ...
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according ages Akkadian alphabet America ancestors ancient ancient Maya antiquity Asia assertion become body called caused chap characters civilization Cogolludo Coh's color composed Continent Cosas customs dead doubt earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed explain fact Father figure four funeral give given gods Greek hand head human India indicate inhabitants inscriptions island kings knowledge known land Landa language learned letters lived Manners Maya Maya language Mayach meaning measures memory Móo mother Mysteries natives nature offerings origin painted peninsula Plate points present preserved priests Prince Queen regarded remains remote represented sacred says sciences sculptures seems serpent side speaking spirit stands symbol tells temples things tion traditions translation tree Troano universe various verse West worship writing written Yucatan
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| Titre | Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx |
| Auteur | Augustus Le Plongeon |
| Édition | 2 |
| Éditeur | The Author, 1900 |
| Original provenant de | Université du Texas |
| Numérisé | 16 oct. 2008 |
| Longueur | 277 pages |
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