Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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Page xxxix
... the origin of their name to be found. Among the various authors who have written on that country several have endeavored to give the etymology of the word Maya: none has succeeded; for, instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped ...
... the origin of their name to be found. Among the various authors who have written on that country several have endeavored to give the etymology of the word Maya: none has succeeded; for, instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped ...
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... the work of bringing forth these erudite elucidations to explain the word Maya, that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab, the ancient name of the country.” In asserting that the true name (nombre eerdadero) of the ...
... the work of bringing forth these erudite elucidations to explain the word Maya, that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab, the ancient name of the country.” In asserting that the true name (nombre eerdadero) of the ...
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... the serpent head. The three signs 0 of locality, placed in the centre of said gulf, mark the site of the extinguished volcano known to-day as the Alacra/nes reefs. The serpent head was, for the Maya writers, typical of the sea, whose ...
... the serpent head. The three signs 0 of locality, placed in the centre of said gulf, mark the site of the extinguished volcano known to-day as the Alacra/nes reefs. The serpent head was, for the Maya writers, typical of the sea, whose ...
Page xliv
Augustus Le Plongeon. fact, the same legend repeated, and so written for the better ... Maya author, it is. indispensable to have a. perfect knowledge of the ... ancient Maya geologists and geographers were not far behind their brother ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. fact, the same legend repeated, and so written for the better ... Maya author, it is. indispensable to have a. perfect knowledge of the ... ancient Maya geologists and geographers were not far behind their brother ...
Page xlv
... the Caribbean 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, baiting found it mentioned by the author of that ancient Maya ...
... the Caribbean 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, baiting found it mentioned by the author of that ancient Maya ...
Table des matières
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LXHI Javelin Head and Arrow Points found with the Charred | 159 |
Portrait of Queen M60 From a demirelief adorning | 166 |
Portrait of Bishop Lands second Bishop of Yucatan | 169 |
LXVHI Mezzorelievo in Stucco on the Frieze of the Temple | 197 |
Fresco Painting in the Funeral Chamber of Prince Cohs | 222 |
The Lord of the Yucatan Forests From life | 236 |
Part of Facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal Cosmic | 256 |
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Abbé adorned Akkadian Akkadian language alphabet ancestors ancient Maya Asia assertion Augustus Le Plongeon Brasseur Brinton called Caribbean Sea Central America Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh’s Memorial Hall color cosmogonic earth edifices Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father fields figure find fire first five flower Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya language Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Mysteries Naacal Nahuatls natives Osiris Palenque peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh’s Memorial Queen M60 remote ages represented sacred Sacred Mysteries sacrifices says scientific sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples Thoth tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing yellow Yucatan