Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... dead ) one of the embalmers pronounced an invocation to the sun in behalf of the deceased . " These intestines , with the other viscera , were deposited in four vases ; each contained a separate portion . They were placed in the tomb ...
... dead ) one of the embalmers pronounced an invocation to the sun in behalf of the deceased . " These intestines , with the other viscera , were deposited in four vases ; each contained a separate portion . They were placed in the tomb ...
Page 84
... dead . Do not these four Bacabs recall the four gods of the Hindoo mythology who preside at the four cardinal points - Indra , the king of heaven , to the east ; Kouvera , the god of wealth , to the north ; Varouna , the god of the ...
... dead . Do not these four Bacabs recall the four gods of the Hindoo mythology who preside at the four cardinal points - Indra , the king of heaven , to the east ; Kouvera , the god of wealth , to the north ; Varouna , the god of the ...
Page 89
... dead or far away . " 993 Had the Maya sages , and the ancient philosophers in Chal- dea and Egypt , found out what is well known to those who , ' Sir Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs , vol . iii . , chap . xvi . , p . 442 , et ...
... dead or far away . " 993 Had the Maya sages , and the ancient philosophers in Chal- dea and Egypt , found out what is well known to those who , ' Sir Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs , vol . iii . , chap . xvi . , p . 442 , et ...
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... dead ? This species of monkey is not a native of Egypt , but is of Central America , where it is very abundant . Thoth , the god of wisdom and letters , was the reputed preceptor of Isis and Osiris . He was supposed to hold the office ...
... dead ? This species of monkey is not a native of Egypt , but is of Central America , where it is very abundant . Thoth , the god of wisdom and letters , was the reputed preceptor of Isis and Osiris . He was supposed to hold the office ...
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... dead . We might , perhaps , find the explanation by translating the inscriptions that adorned the platform , at least what remains of them . Is it a XI . LET us revert to our inquiry concerning the QUEEN MÓO AND THE EGYPTIAN SPHINX . 115.
... dead . We might , perhaps , find the explanation by translating the inscriptions that adorned the platform , at least what remains of them . Is it a XI . LET us revert to our inquiry concerning the QUEEN MÓO AND THE EGYPTIAN SPHINX . 115.
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