Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... caused me to devote many months to the study of the Maya text of that interesting old document . It was with consider- able surprise that I then discovered that several pages at the beginning of the second part are dedicated to the ...
... caused me to devote many months to the study of the Maya text of that interesting old document . It was with consider- able surprise that I then discovered that several pages at the beginning of the second part are dedicated to the ...
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... caused them to be engulfed by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.1 The author of the Troano MS . gives in his work the adjoin- ing map ( Plate II . ) of the " Land of the Beb " ( mulberry tree ) , the Maya Empire . In it he indicates the ...
... caused them to be engulfed by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.1 The author of the Troano MS . gives in his work the adjoin- ing map ( Plate II . ) of the " Land of the Beb " ( mulberry tree ) , the Maya Empire . In it he indicates the ...
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... caused it to be adopted by the learned men of Mayach as symbol for the name of their country is indeed most interesting . It clearly explains its etymology , and also gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments ...
... caused it to be adopted by the learned men of Mayach as symbol for the name of their country is indeed most interesting . It clearly explains its etymology , and also gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments ...
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... caused the basin at the edge of her domains to rise , and has converted the coun- try into marshy ground . She speaks thus : " Ak ha pe be be imik Kaan " ( that is , " The basin has risen rapidly , and the land has become marshy ...
... caused the basin at the edge of her domains to rise , and has converted the coun- try into marshy ground . She speaks thus : " Ak ha pe be be imik Kaan " ( that is , " The basin has risen rapidly , and the land has become marshy ...
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... caused them to generally adopt a circular shape for the characters they invented to give material expression to the multitudinous conceptions of their mind ( unless it be that they gave that form to these charac- ters from that of their ...
... caused them to generally adopt a circular shape for the characters they invented to give material expression to the multitudinous conceptions of their mind ( unless it be that they gave that form to these charac- ters from that of their ...
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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