Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... head of the universities and colleges in the United States ; for not only do they know absolutely nothing of ancient American civilization , but , judg- ing from letters in my possession , the majority of them refuse to learn anything ...
... head of the universities and colleges in the United States ; for not only do they know absolutely nothing of ancient American civilization , but , judg- ing from letters in my possession , the majority of them refuse to learn anything ...
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... head kan , " south , " as symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign Oplaced between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that ...
... head kan , " south , " as symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign Oplaced between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that ...
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... head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea , whose ...
... head . The three signs of locality , placed in the centre of said gulf , mark the site of the extin- guished volcano known to - day as the Alacranes reefs . The serpent head was , for the Maya writers , typical of the sea , whose ...
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... head at New- foundland , the knees at Cape St. Roque , and the feet at Cape Horn , it is easy to perceive that they are identical . The shal- low basin held on the belly of the statue , between the hands , would then be symbol- ical of ...
... head at New- foundland , the knees at Cape St. Roque , and the feet at Cape Horn , it is easy to perceive that they are identical . The shal- low basin held on the belly of the statue , between the hands , would then be symbol- ical of ...
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... , Principles of Geology , vol . i . , chap . iii . , p . 252 . Isthmus of Tehuantepec , the northern frontier of the Maya lxii INTRODUCTION . A Dying Sphinx (a leopard with a human head) that placed on the top of Prince Coh's Mausoleum.
... , Principles of Geology , vol . i . , chap . iii . , p . 252 . Isthmus of Tehuantepec , the northern frontier of the Maya lxii INTRODUCTION . A Dying Sphinx (a leopard with a human head) that placed on the top of Prince Coh's Mausoleum.
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color Cosas de Yucatan cosmogonic earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father figure Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra 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 Osiris palaces Palenque 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 tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan