Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... civilization , and the events that took place centuries before the dim myths recorded as occurrences at the beginning of ... Maya , which seems to have been as well known by all civilized nations , thousands of years ago X PREFACE .
... civilization , and the events that took place centuries before the dim myths recorded as occurrences at the beginning of ... Maya , which seems to have been as well known by all civilized nations , thousands of years ago X PREFACE .
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... Maya Empire . The seat of the Govern- ment and residence of the rulers was the peninsula of Yucatan . Wherever found , the name Maya is synonymous with power , wisdom , and learning . The existence of the Western Continent was no more a ...
... Maya Empire . The seat of the Govern- ment and residence of the rulers was the peninsula of Yucatan . Wherever found , the name Maya is synonymous with power , wisdom , and learning . The existence of the Western Continent was no more a ...
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... civilization— which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific ... Mayas with the civilized nations of Asia , Africa , and Europe are to be found among the remains of their ruined ...
... civilization— which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific ... Mayas with the civilized nations of Asia , Africa , and Europe are to be found among the remains of their ruined ...
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... Maya , still spoken by thousands of human beings , and in which the inscriptions sculptured on the walls of the ... civilization of the aboriginal inhabitants . My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of xvi PREFACE .
... Maya , still spoken by thousands of human beings , and in which the inscriptions sculptured on the walls of the ... civilization of the aboriginal inhabitants . My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of xvi PREFACE .
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... civilization , but , judg- ing from letters in my possession , the majority of them refuse to learn anything ... Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages , their ...
... civilization , but , judg- ing from letters in my possession , the majority of them refuse to learn anything ... Maya language ? Can they interpret one single sentence of the books in which the learning of the Maya sages , their ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet 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 palaces 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