Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... civilization . Civil war- that inevitable consequence of invasions - political strife , and religious dissension broke out before long , and caused the dis- memberment of the kingdom , that culminated in the sack and burning of the city ...
... civilization . Civil war- that inevitable consequence of invasions - political strife , and religious dissension broke out before long , and caused the dis- memberment of the kingdom , that culminated in the sack and burning of the city ...
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... civilization , nor the country where it grew from infancy to maturity . They themselves , although they invariably pointed toward the setting sun when questioned concerning the father- land of their ancestors , were ignorant of who they ...
... civilization , nor the country where it grew from infancy to maturity . They themselves , although they invariably pointed toward the setting sun when questioned concerning the father- land of their ancestors , were ignorant of who they ...
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... civilization , as some have more than once hinted , as a last resort , in their inability to deny the striking concord- ance of these facts . We are told that in the origin of language names were given to places , objects , tribes ...
... civilization , as some have more than once hinted , as a last resort , in their inability to deny the striking concord- ance of these facts . We are told that in the origin of language names were given to places , objects , tribes ...
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... civilizations . The annals of the learned men of Mayach having been either hidden or destroyed , it is impossible for us to judge of the scope of their scientific attainments . That they were expert architects , the monuments built by ...
... civilizations . The annals of the learned men of Mayach having been either hidden or destroyed , it is impossible for us to judge of the scope of their scientific attainments . That they were expert architects , the monuments built by ...
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... civilization was to be the cradle of that of Europe , there existed on the Western Conti- nent a nation — the Maya - that had attained to a high degree of culture in arts and sciences . Valmiki , in his beautiful epic the " Ramayana ...
... civilization was to be the cradle of that of Europe , there existed on the Western Conti- nent a nation — the Maya - that had attained to a high degree of culture in arts and sciences . Valmiki , in his beautiful epic the " Ramayana ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color Cosas de Yucatan cosmogonic earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father figure Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra 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 Osiris palaces Palenque 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 tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan