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... inscriptions that covered these antique walls were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which have since contemplated them with amazement , during centuries , to the present day . Bishop Landa , speaking of the ...
... inscriptions that covered these antique walls were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which have since contemplated them with amazement , during centuries , to the present day . Bishop Landa , speaking of the ...
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... inscriptions , reclaim from oblivion part , at least , of the ancient history of America , and thus be enabled to give it its place in the universal history of the world . We shall also be able to comprehend the amount of knowledge ...
... inscriptions , reclaim from oblivion part , at least , of the ancient history of America , and thus be enabled to give it its place in the universal history of the world . We shall also be able to comprehend the amount of knowledge ...
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... inscriptions can , without difficulty , with the aid of a Maya dictionary , translate it as well as I. This proves that the ancient Maya hieratic alphabet discovered by me and published , in 1886 , side by side with the Egyptian , on ...
... inscriptions can , without difficulty , with the aid of a Maya dictionary , translate it as well as I. This proves that the ancient Maya hieratic alphabet discovered by me and published , in 1886 , side by side with the Egyptian , on ...
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A Dying Sphinx a leopard with a human head that | lxii |
Portrait of Bishop Landa second Bishop of Yucatan | 27 |
Autograph of the Historian Father Lopez de Cogolludo | 169 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion Augustus Le Plongeon Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Clement of Alexandria Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color 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 Osiris palaces Palenque 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 tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan