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ancient civilized nations of Asia , Africa , and Europe , of which we have any knowledge , that it has become evident , to my mind at least , that such similarities are not merely effects of hazard , but the result of intimate ...
ancient civilized nations of Asia , Africa , and Europe , of which we have any knowledge , that it has become evident , to my mind at least , that such similarities are not merely effects of hazard , but the result of intimate ...
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The incidents regarded as most worthy of being remembered and preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession - stone . And so it is that we find to - day the cosmogonic ...
The incidents regarded as most worthy of being remembered and preserved for the knowledge of coming generations were carved on the most enduring material in their possession - stone . And so it is that we find to - day the cosmogonic ...
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Can this be a mere coinci- dence , or was it actual geographical knowledge on the part of these writers ? Inquiries are often made as to the causes that led to the interruption of the communications between the inhabitants of the ...
Can this be a mere coinci- dence , or was it actual geographical knowledge on the part of these writers ? Inquiries are often made as to the causes that led to the interruption of the communications between the inhabitants of the ...
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... in Landa's Las Cosas de Yucatan , pp . 349 et passim . * Clement of Rome , First Epistle to the Corinthians , chapter viii . , verse 12 . their researches in all branches of human knowledge ( the xiv PREFACE . 5.
... in Landa's Las Cosas de Yucatan , pp . 349 et passim . * Clement of Rome , First Epistle to the Corinthians , chapter viii . , verse 12 . their researches in all branches of human knowledge ( the xiv PREFACE . 5.
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their researches in all branches of human knowledge ( the power of steam and electricity not excepted ) . They depopu- lated the countries bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean ; plunged the populations of Western Europe into ...
their researches in all branches of human knowledge ( the power of steam and electricity not excepted ) . They depopu- lated the countries bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean ; plunged the populations of Western Europe into ...
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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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