Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... head of the Neo - Platonic school of Athens , and was learned in all the sciences known in his days , in his " Com- mentaries on Plato's Timæus , " says : " The xii PREFACE .. Memorial Hall, discovered by the author 11 One of the ...
... head of the Neo - Platonic school of Athens , and was learned in all the sciences known in his days , in his " Com- mentaries on Plato's Timæus , " says : " The xii PREFACE .. Memorial Hall, discovered by the author 11 One of the ...
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... head - a veritable sphinx . Once established in the land of her adoption , did she order the erection of another of his totems - again a leopard with human head - to preserve his memory among her followers ? The names inscribed on the ...
... head - a veritable sphinx . Once established in the land of her adoption , did she order the erection of another of his totems - again a leopard with human head - to preserve his memory among her followers ? The names inscribed on the ...
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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 placed 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 placed 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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