Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... hand at etymologizing . Taking for granted that the state- ment of Lizana is true , that at some time or other two differ- ent tribes had invaded the country and that one of these tribes was more numerous than the other , he pretends ...
... hand at etymologizing . Taking for granted that the state- ment of Lizana is true , that at some time or other two differ- ent tribes had invaded the country and that one of these tribes was more numerous than the other , he pretends ...
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... hand , if we enter the country from the north , the Gulf of Mexico will be to the right , and the Caribbean Sea to the left , of the traveller , just as the Maya hierogrammatist placed them in the horizontal legend , To return to the ...
... hand , if we enter the country from the north , the Gulf of Mexico will be to the right , and the Caribbean Sea to the left , of the traveller , just as the Maya hierogrammatist placed them in the horizontal legend , To return to the ...
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... hands , would then be symbol- ical of the Gulf of Mexico and of the Caribbean Sea.1 Again , the outlines of the profile of the statue may also represent with great accuracy the eastern shores of the Maya Empire the head being the ...
... hands , would then be symbol- ical of the Gulf of Mexico and of the Caribbean Sea.1 Again , the outlines of the profile of the statue may also represent with great accuracy the eastern shores of the Maya Empire the head being the ...
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... hand at the end of the scorpion's tail . The rope that connects said hand with the raised right forefoot of the deer indicates that not only the seis- mic action was felt throughout the length of the Caribbean Sea , from south to north ...
... hand at the end of the scorpion's tail . The rope that connects said hand with the raised right forefoot of the deer indicates that not only the seis- mic action was felt throughout the length of the Caribbean Sea , from south to north ...
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... hands . " Maya is mentioned in the Mahabharata as one of the six individuals who were allowed to escape with their life at the burning of the forest of Khandava , whose inhabitants were all destroyed . We read in John Campbell Oman's ...
... hands . " Maya is mentioned in the Mahabharata as one of the six individuals who were allowed to escape with their life at the burning of the forest of Khandava , whose inhabitants were all destroyed . We read in John Campbell Oman's ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet 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 palaces 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