Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... language and customs , and many of their traditions ; but nowhere , except in Yucatan , is the origin of their name to be found . Among the various authors who have written on that coun- try several have endeavored to give the etymology ...
... language and customs , and many of their traditions ; but nowhere , except in Yucatan , is the origin of their name to be found . Among the various authors who have written on that coun- try several have endeavored to give the etymology ...
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... language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country still exists on the western façade of the " sanctuary " at Uxmal , and in the bas - reliefs carved on the memorial monu- ment of Prince Coh at Chichen . The emblem represented on ...
... language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country still exists on the western façade of the " sanctuary " at Uxmal , and in the bas - reliefs carved on the memorial monu- ment of Prince Coh at Chichen . The emblem represented on ...
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... language of the natives to whom they had to preach the gospel , and , after converting them to Chris- tianity , to administer the sacraments of their Church ? Were they not scholars , men conversant with grammatical studies ? Who but ...
... language of the natives to whom they had to preach the gospel , and , after converting them to Chris- tianity , to administer the sacraments of their Church ? Were they not scholars , men conversant with grammatical studies ? Who but ...
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... language , even as spoken to - day , however great may be their attainments in any other branch of learning , to pass judgment on , worse still , to condemn , a learned teacher of that language , charging him with ignorance and ...
... language , even as spoken to - day , however great may be their attainments in any other branch of learning , to pass judgment on , worse still , to condemn , a learned teacher of that language , charging him with ignorance and ...
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... languages it signifies " earth , " " place . " " The word rozos - place , ' ' site , ' " says Mr. Champollion , " of the ... language , in affirmation or negation according to its position . before or after the verb . Another curious ...
... languages it signifies " earth , " " place . " " The word rozos - place , ' ' site , ' " says Mr. Champollion , " of the ... language , in affirmation or negation according to its position . before or after the verb . Another curious ...
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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