Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of the Mayas , that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in the United States and other places to obtain curios to adorn their ...
... inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of the Mayas , that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in the United States and other places to obtain curios to adorn their ...
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... inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who 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 ...
... inscriptions and books is no longer an unsolved enigma , and that those who 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 ...
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... inscriptions that covered these antique walls were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which have since contemplated them with amazement , during centuries , to the present day . 1 Bishop Landa , speaking of the ...
... inscriptions that covered these antique walls were as much a mystery to the people , as to the mul- titudes which have since contemplated them with amazement , during centuries , to the present day . 1 Bishop Landa , speaking of the ...
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... mean draughtsmen and sculptors , the fresco paintings , the inscriptions and bas - reliefs carved on marble , that are still extant , bear unimpeachable testimony . The study of the Troano MS . will convince any lviii INTRODUCTION .
... mean draughtsmen and sculptors , the fresco paintings , the inscriptions and bas - reliefs carved on marble , that are still extant , bear unimpeachable testimony . The study of the Troano MS . will convince any lviii INTRODUCTION .
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... inscriptions commemorative of the dead . Great festivities were held by the Peruvians in honor of the dead in the month of Aya - marca , a word which means literally " carrying the corpses in arms . " These festivities were estab ...
... inscriptions commemorative of the dead . Great festivities were held by the Peruvians in honor of the dead in the month of Aya - marca , a word which means literally " carrying the corpses in arms . " These festivities were estab ...
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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