Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... palaces , the work of 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 ...
... palaces , the work of 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 ...
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... palaces , being written in those characters , were no 1 See Appendix , note iii . * Diego de Landa , Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan ( chap . vii . , p . 42 ) : “ Que enseñavan los hijos de los otros sacerdotes , y á los hijos segundos ...
... palaces , being written in those characters , were no 1 See Appendix , note iii . * Diego de Landa , Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan ( chap . vii . , p . 42 ) : “ Que enseñavan los hijos de los otros sacerdotes , y á los hijos segundos ...
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... palaces and temples ; and to learn that these ancient personages had already been converted , at the time the author of the Troano MS . wrote his book , into the gods of the elements , and made the agents who produced the terrible ...
... palaces and temples ; and to learn that these ancient personages had already been converted , at the time the author of the Troano MS . wrote his book , into the gods of the elements , and made the agents who produced the terrible ...
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... palaces raised by them . Mayach , in Egypt , in China , in India , in Peru , and many other places the image of the serpent was the badge of royalty . It formed part of the headdress of the kings ; it was embroid- ered on their royal ...
... palaces raised by them . Mayach , in Egypt , in China , in India , in Peru , and many other places the image of the serpent was the badge of royalty . It formed part of the headdress of the kings ; it was embroid- ered on their royal ...
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... palaces.1 These Mayas became known in after times under the names of Da- navas , and are regarded by modern ... palace of solid gold is the work of his hands . " Maya is mentioned in the Mahabharata as one of the six individuals who were ...
... palaces.1 These Mayas became known in after times under the names of Da- navas , and are regarded by modern ... palace of solid gold is the work of his hands . " Maya is mentioned in the Mahabharata as one of the six individuals who were ...
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