Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xv
... civilization- which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific attainments illumined that night of intellectual darkness as a brilliant meteor , too soon extinguished by those minions of ...
... civilization- which was saved from total wreck by the followers of Ma- homet , whose great mental and scientific attainments illumined that night of intellectual darkness as a brilliant meteor , too soon extinguished by those minions of ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. degree of civilization reached by a people , and constitutes , therefore , an important factor in ... civilization of the aboriginal inhabitants . My readers will judge for themselves of the correctness of xvi PREFACE .
Augustus Le Plongeon. degree of civilization reached by a people , and constitutes , therefore , an important factor in ... 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 concerning it . Do It may be inquired , On what ground can those who have published books on the subject , in Europe or in the ...
... civilization , but , judg- ing from letters in my possession , the majority of them refuse to learn anything concerning it . Do It may be inquired , On what ground can those who have published books on the subject , in Europe or in the ...
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... civilization be to mankind ? " To some , of but little use truly ; but many there are who would be glad to know the origin of man's primitive traditions recorded in sacred books in the shape of myths or legends , and what were the ...
... civilization be to mankind ? " To some , of but little use truly ; but many there are who would be glad to know the origin of man's primitive traditions recorded in sacred books in the shape of myths or legends , and what were the ...
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... civilization , went to Burmah , where they became known as Nagas , established themselves in the Dekkan , whence they carried their civilizing work all over the earth . At the request of friends , and to show that the reading of Maya ...
... civilization , went to Burmah , where they became known as Nagas , established themselves in the Dekkan , whence they carried their civilizing work all over the earth . At the request of friends , and to show that the reading of Maya ...
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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