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The lines of the drawing more strongly etched , the end of which corresponds to the sign are painted red , the color of clay , kancab , and indicate the localities that were submerged and turned into marshes .
The lines of the drawing more strongly etched , the end of which corresponds to the sign are painted red , the color of clay , kancab , and indicate the localities that were submerged and turned into marshes .
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It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is the kingdom . Next to it , on the left , is the name Mayach , which indicates that it is the " kingdom of Mayach , " which will be- ...
It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is the kingdom . Next to it , on the left , is the name Mayach , which indicates that it is the " kingdom of Mayach , " which will be- ...
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... to indicate the was the symbol of land , coun- arable land , kancab . try , among the Mayas , as with the Egyptians ; but the former used it also as numerical for five , to which , in this case , must be added the two units O O. So ...
... to indicate the was the symbol of land , coun- arable land , kancab . try , among the Mayas , as with the Egyptians ; but the former used it also as numerical for five , to which , in this case , must be added the two units O O. So ...
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... of the calabash , to indicate , perhaps , the rocky forma- tion of its soil , and that it had withstood the awful cata- clysms which swept from the face of the earth the Land of Mu and many other places with their popu- lations .
... of the calabash , to indicate , perhaps , the rocky forma- tion of its soil , and that it had withstood the awful cata- clysms which swept from the face of the earth the Land of Mu and many other places with their popu- lations .
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Ba - bel would therefore indicate that the sacred edifice was constructed according to the way , the custom , of the builders ' ancestors . Landa , in his work " Las Cosas de Yucatan , " informs us that the Mayas were very fond of ...
Ba - bel would therefore indicate that the sacred edifice was constructed according to the way , the custom , of the builders ' ancestors . Landa , in his work " Las Cosas de Yucatan , " informs us that the Mayas were very fond of ...
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Page 42 - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
Page 88 - With regard to their language, most of the words are of Indian origin. They are found, in part, with little variation, in the Sanscrit...
Page lxv - German genius, and it is not the less real that perhaps we should not meet in either of those nations a single individual who corresponded with the type. We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language...
Page 143 - Chuen. The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. Being confined, these caused the land to sink and to rise several times and in various places. At last the surface gave way and ten countries were torn asunder and scattered. Unable to stand the force of the convulsions, they sank with their 64,000,000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the writing of this book.
Page 71 - There was only immobility and silence in the darkness, in the night. Only the Creator, the Maker, Tepeu, Gucumatz, the Forefathers, were in the water surrounded with light. They were hidden under green and blue feathers, and were therefore called Gucumatz.
Page 98 - ... branch at his birth, and this branch or tendril reached the ground when he was to be made king. Taneua, a bamboo used on the occasion, was said to draw its roots out of the ground at the approach of the ceremony, and to leap into the hand of the person who was sent for it. The inauguration ceremony, answering to coronation among other nations, consisted in girding the king with the maro ura, or sacred girdle of red feathers; which not only raised him to the highest earthly station, but identified...
Page 263 - THE ROOT OF LIFE WAS IN EVERY DROP OF THE OCEAN OF IMMORTALITY, AND THE OCEAN WAS RADIANT LIGHT, WHICH WAS FIRE, AND HEAT, AND MOTION. DARKNESS VANISHED AND WAS NO MORE; IT DISAPPEARED IN ITS OWN ESSENCE, THE BODY OF FIRE AND WATER, OR FATHER AND MOTHER.
Page 83 - As soon as the intestines had been removed from the bod}', they were properly cleansed, and embalmed in spices and various substances, and deposited in four vases. These were afterwards placed in the tomb with the coffin, and were supposed to belong to the four Genii of Amenti, whose heads and names they bore. Each contained a separate portion.
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| Titre | Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx |
| Auteur | Augustus Le Plongeon |
| Édition | 2 |
| Éditeur | The Author, 1896 |
| Original provenant de | la New York Public Library |
| Numérisé | 21 nov. 2007 |
| Longueur | 277 pages |
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