Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... Chichen , bear witness . Diodorus Siculus attributes the discovery of the Western Continent to the Phoenicians , and describes it as " a country where the landscape is varied by very lofty mountains , and the temperature is always soft ...
... Chichen , bear witness . Diodorus Siculus attributes the discovery of the Western Continent to the Phoenicians , and describes it as " a country where the landscape is varied by very lofty mountains , and the temperature is always soft ...
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... Chichen , dedicated to the manes of Prince Coh by his sister- wife Queen Móo ; and to the mausoleum , erected by her order , to contain his effigy and his cremated remains . In the first she caused to be painted , on the walls of the ...
... Chichen , dedicated to the manes of Prince Coh by his sister- wife Queen Móo ; and to the mausoleum , erected by her order , to contain his effigy and his cremated remains . In the first she caused to be painted , on the walls of the ...
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... Chichen . Osiris , we are told , was killed by his brother through jeal- ousy , and because his murderer wished to seize the reins of the government . He made war against the widow , his own sister , whom he came to hate bitterly ...
... Chichen . Osiris , we are told , was killed by his brother through jeal- ousy , and because his murderer wished to seize the reins of the government . He made war against the widow , his own sister , whom he came to hate bitterly ...
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... Chichen , where it exists to - day , sheltered from the action of the elements , and preserved for the knowledge of coming gen- erations . The fourth was written thousands of miles from Mayach , in Athens , the brilliant Grecian capital ...
... Chichen , where it exists to - day , sheltered from the action of the elements , and preserved for the knowledge of coming gen- erations . The fourth was written thousands of miles from Mayach , in Athens , the brilliant Grecian capital ...
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... Chichen - Itza , then the seat of learning , the Itzaes , preferring ostracism to submitting to their vandal - like con- querors , abandoned their homes and colleges , and became wan- derers in the desert . Then the arts and sciences ...
... Chichen - Itza , then the seat of learning , the Itzaes , preferring ostracism to submitting to their vandal - like con- querors , abandoned their homes and colleges , and became wan- derers in the desert . Then the arts and sciences ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo color composed 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 origin Osiris Palenque passim 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 Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan