Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... explanation being correct , it clearly proves , as much as a proposition of that nature can be demonstrated , that the character owes its origin , among the Mayas , to the configuration of the Yucatan peninsula , and its posi- tion ...
... explanation being correct , it clearly proves , as much as a proposition of that nature can be demonstrated , that the character owes its origin , among the Mayas , to the configuration of the Yucatan peninsula , and its posi- tion ...
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... explained . If we examine the map of the lands back of the peninsula , it will not be difficult to discover the idea uppermost in the mind of the draughtsman at the time of composing the sym- bol ; and to see that he was as thoroughly ...
... explained . If we examine the map of the lands back of the peninsula , it will not be difficult to discover the idea uppermost in the mind of the draughtsman at the time of composing the sym- bol ; and to see that he was as thoroughly ...
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... explanation of the motives that prompted their erection and that of many other constructions , as well as the origin of 1 See Appendix , notes vii . and xx . ' George E. Squier , Perú : Incidents of Travels and Explorations in the Land ...
... explanation of the motives that prompted their erection and that of many other constructions , as well as the origin of 1 See Appendix , notes vii . and xx . ' George E. Squier , Perú : Incidents of Travels and Explorations in the Land ...
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... explanation of the diagram is presented as it was given by the Maya sages to their pupils in the secrecy of the mysterious recesses of their temples . It cor- responds precisely to the doctrine of the cosmic evolution con- tained in ...
... explanation of the diagram is presented as it was given by the Maya sages to their pupils in the secrecy of the mysterious recesses of their temples . It cor- responds precisely to the doctrine of the cosmic evolution con- tained in ...
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... explain the use of the American Maya language by the Hindoos , calling Maya the material world ? ( Ma , " country ; " yach , the vérêtrum of the ancestor , through which all living earthly things were produced . ) This query may be ...
... explain the use of the American Maya language by the Hindoos , calling Maya the material world ? ( Ma , " country ; " yach , the vérêtrum of the ancestor , through which all living earthly things were produced . ) This query may be ...
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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