Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... learned from the works of the Maya sages and the inscriptions carved on the walls of their deserted temples and palaces be withheld from the world ? Must the errors they propagate be allowed to stand , and the propagators not be called ...
... learned from the works of the Maya sages and the inscriptions carved on the walls of their deserted temples and palaces be withheld from the world ? Must the errors they propagate be allowed to stand , and the propagators not be called ...
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... learned the art of writing from the same masters . Who were these ? 2. That some of the ruined mon- uments of Yucatan are very ancient , much anterior to the Christian era , notwithstanding the opinion to the contrary of the self ...
... learned the art of writing from the same masters . Who were these ? 2. That some of the ruined mon- uments of Yucatan are very ancient , much anterior to the Christian era , notwithstanding the opinion to the contrary of the self ...
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... learned architects , now heaps of débris crumbling under the inexorable tooth of time and the impious hand of iconoclastic collectors of relics for museums . Among these the statues of priests and kings , mutilated and defaced by the ...
... learned architects , now heaps of débris crumbling under the inexorable tooth of time and the impious hand of iconoclastic collectors of relics for museums . Among these the statues of priests and kings , mutilated and defaced by the ...
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... learned philosophers , and the wise priests who had charge of the libraries in the temples and colleges , in order to save the precious volumes from the hands of the barbarous tribes from the west . These , entering the country from the ...
... learned philosophers , and the wise priests who had charge of the libraries in the temples and colleges , in order to save the precious volumes from the hands of the barbarous tribes from the west . These , entering the country from the ...
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... learned men of the present age . There , also , on the interior walls of many apartments , were painted in bright colors pictures that would grace the parlors of our mansions , representing the events in the history of certain ...
... learned men of the present age . There , also , on the interior walls of many apartments , were painted in bright colors pictures that would grace the parlors of our mansions , representing the events in the history of certain ...
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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