Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Augustus Le Plongeon. The lines lightly etched here are painted blue in the origi- nal . As in our topographical maps the edges of the water- courses , of the sea and lakes , are painted blue , so the Maya hierogrammatist figured the ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. The lines lightly etched here are painted blue in the origi- nal . As in our topographical maps the edges of the water- courses , of the sea and lakes , are painted blue , so the Maya hierogrammatist figured the ...
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... painted red in the original , to indicate the was the symbol of land , coun- The four black dots 66 serpent . " This are the numerical four , and another ideographic sign for the name of the country - Can , is why it is placed at the ...
... painted red in the original , to indicate the was the symbol of land , coun- The four black dots 66 serpent . " This are the numerical four , and another ideographic sign for the name of the country - Can , is why it is placed at 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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... paintings so much admired by Stephens , rivalling the frescos in the tombs of Egypt and Etruria , or the imagery on the walls of the palaces of Babylon mentioned by Ezekiel , were a pictorial record of the life of Prince Coh from the ...
... paintings so much admired by Stephens , rivalling the frescos in the tombs of Egypt and Etruria , or the imagery on the walls of the palaces of Babylon mentioned by Ezekiel , were a pictorial record of the life of Prince Coh from the ...
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... painted blue , a belt surrounding his waist , holding a sceptre in his hand , his head being adorned with a royal headdress orna- mented with a plume . " Were I to describe minutely the figure within the egg , I could not do it better ...
... painted blue , a belt surrounding his waist , holding a sceptre in his hand , his head being adorned with a royal headdress orna- mented with a plume . " Were I to describe minutely the figure within the egg , I could not do it better ...
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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