Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... give the etymology of the word Maya : none has succeeded ; for , instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped destruction at the hands of the Zumarragas , Landas , and Torquemadas , they have appealed to their imagination , as if ...
... give the etymology of the word Maya : none has succeeded ; for , instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped destruction at the hands of the Zumarragas , Landas , and Torquemadas , they have appealed to their imagination , as if ...
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... give themselves the work of bringing forth these erudite elucidations to explain the word Maya , that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab , the ancient name of the country . " In asserting that the true name ( nombre ...
... give themselves the work of bringing forth these erudite elucidations to explain the word Maya , that everybody knows is a mere Spanish corruption of Mayab , the ancient name of the country . " In asserting that the true name ( nombre ...
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... gives in his work the adjoin- ing map ( Plate II . ) of the " Land of the Beb " ( mulberry tree ) , the Maya Empire . In it he indicates the localities which were submerged , and those that still remained above water , in that part of ...
... gives in his work the adjoin- ing map ( Plate II . ) of the " Land of the Beb " ( mulberry tree ) , the Maya Empire . In it he indicates the localities which were submerged , and those that still remained above water , in that part of ...
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... gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is the kingdom . Next to it ...
... gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is the kingdom . Next to it ...
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... gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments among these their perfect understanding of the forces that produced the submersion of many lands , and the upheaval of the peninsula and other places ; a thorough ...
... gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments among these their perfect understanding of the forces that produced the submersion of many lands , and the upheaval of the peninsula and other places ; a thorough ...
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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