Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... themselves . I have besides given many references whose correctness it is not difficult to ascertain . 66 This is not a book of romance or imagination ; but a work- one of a series - intended to give ancient America XX PREFACE .
... themselves . I have besides given many references whose correctness it is not difficult to ascertain . 66 This is not a book of romance or imagination ; but a work- one of a series - intended to give ancient America XX PREFACE .
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Augustus Le Plongeon. one of a series - intended to give ancient America its proper place in the universal history of the world . ) I have been accused of promulgating notions on ancient America contrary to the opinion of men regarded as ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. one of a series - intended to give ancient America its proper place in the universal history of the world . ) I have been accused of promulgating notions on ancient America contrary to the opinion of men regarded as ...
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... give one reliable word about the manners and customs of the builders of the grand antique edifices , that were objects of admiration to them as they are to modern travellers . The only answer of the natives to the inquiries of the ...
... give one reliable word about the manners and customs of the builders of the grand antique edifices , that were objects of admiration to them as they are to modern travellers . The only answer of the natives to the inquiries of the ...
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... give themselves as authorities on ancient Maya palæography are no longer justified in guessing at , or in forming theories as to the meaning of the Maya symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend ...
... give themselves as authorities on ancient Maya palæography are no longer justified in guessing at , or in forming theories as to the meaning of the Maya symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend ...
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... give an etymology of the word Maya . None , how- ever , seem to have known its true origin . The reason is very simple . At the time of the invasion of the country by the turbu- 1 Antonio de Herrera , Hist . general de los hechos de los ...
... give an etymology of the word Maya . None , how- ever , seem to have known its true origin . The reason is very simple . At the time of the invasion of the country by the turbu- 1 Antonio de Herrera , Hist . general de los hechos de los ...
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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