Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1896 - 277 pages |
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... regarded as the beginning and the end of all things , to which men have aspired , and do aspire , to be united after the dissolution of the physical body . This reunion with God , this Nirvana , this End , has in all ages been esteemed ...
... regarded as the beginning and the end of all things , to which men have aspired , and do aspire , to be united after the dissolution of the physical body . This reunion with God , this Nirvana , this End , has in all ages been esteemed ...
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... regarded and worshipped as the god of rain ; because when it did not rain , and the water was scarce , they went to it in procession and with great devotion . They made offerings of quails that had been sacrificed , in order to allay ...
... regarded and worshipped as the god of rain ; because when it did not rain , and the water was scarce , they went to it in procession and with great devotion . They made offerings of quails that had been sacrificed , in order to allay ...
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... regarded as civilized from which we have received our knowledge of numbers , began their system of numeration by counting the fingers of their hands , and named each number accordingly . The Egyptians seem to have formed an excep- tion ...
... regarded as civilized from which we have received our knowledge of numbers , began their system of numeration by counting the fingers of their hands , and named each number accordingly . The Egyptians seem to have formed an excep- tion ...
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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