Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages A new and different approach to Atlantis by way of the Mayan civilization, thoroughly investigated, heavily illustrated and highly intriguing. |
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... learned men were unable to find out at the beginning of the Conquest , even inquiring with great diligence , as they affirm , particu- larly since there exist no longer any papers or traditions among the Indians concerning the first ...
... learned men were unable to find out at the beginning of the Conquest , even inquiring with great diligence , as they affirm , particu- larly since there exist no longer any papers or traditions among the Indians concerning the first ...
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... learned priests of Mayab , to know positively why they gave that name to their country . I can only surmise that they called it so from the great absorbent quality of its stony soil , which in an incredibly short time absorbs the water ...
... learned priests of Mayab , to know positively why they gave that name to their country . I can only surmise that they called it so from the great absorbent quality of its stony soil , which in an incredibly short time absorbs the water ...
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... learned Americanists asking ; and I answer , In a very simple manner , knowing as I do the genius of the Maya people and their language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country still exists on the western façade of the ...
... learned Americanists asking ; and I answer , In a very simple manner , knowing as I do the genius of the Maya people and their language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country still exists on the western façade of the ...
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... learned men of Mayach as symbol for the name of their country is indeed most interesting . It clearly explains its etymology , and also gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments among these their perfect ...
... learned men of Mayach as symbol for the name of their country is indeed most interesting . It clearly explains its etymology , and also gives us a knowledge of the scope of their scientific attain- ments among these their perfect ...
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... learned teacher of that language , charging him with ignorance and incompetency , simply because he assigns various meanings to a character ? Perhaps Mr. Champollion le jeune will be branded in like manner , because he tells us that the ...
... learned teacher of that language , charging him with ignorance and incompetency , simply because he assigns various meanings to a character ? Perhaps Mr. Champollion le jeune will be branded in like manner , because he tells us that the ...
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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