Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... the serpent head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea ...
... the serpent head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. fact , the same legend repeated , and so written for the ... Maya author , it is indispensable to have a perfect knowledge of the con ... ancient Maya geologists and geographers were not far behind their brother ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. fact , the same legend repeated , and so written for the ... Maya author , it is indispensable to have a perfect knowledge of the con ... ancient Maya geologists and geographers were not far behind their brother ...
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... the Carib- bean Sea , he mentioned the existence of very profound valleys covered by its waters , revealed by the sound . I informed him that I had become cognizant of that fact , having found it mentioned by the author of that ancient Maya ...
... the Carib- bean Sea , he mentioned the existence of very profound valleys covered by its waters , revealed by the sound . I informed him that I had become cognizant of that fact , having found it mentioned by the author of that ancient Maya ...
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... The serpent , with inflated breast , In suggested by the contour of the Maya Empire , was adopted as a symbol of the same . Its name became that of the dynasty of the Maya rulers , and their totem . We see it sculptured on the walls ...
... The serpent , with inflated breast , In suggested by the contour of the Maya Empire , was adopted as a symbol of the same . Its name became that of the dynasty of the Maya rulers , and their totem . We see it sculptured on the walls ...
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... the meaning of the char- Let us try to analyze its component parts in its relation to the name Mayach , and its ... Maya and Egyp- tian ; that is , in both languages it signifies " earth , " " place . " " The word Tonos - place ...
... the meaning of the char- Let us try to analyze its component parts in its relation to the name Mayach , and its ... Maya and Egyp- tian ; that is , in both languages it signifies " earth , " " place . " " The word Tonos - place ...
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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