Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... says , the memory of those who built them , and of the object for which they had been erected . Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , figures of human beings and of animals , in the round ...
... says , the memory of those who built them , and of the object for which they had been erected . Yet before their eyes were their façades , covered with sculptures , inscriptions , figures of human beings and of animals , in the round ...
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... says , nor of their ancient history , have I been able to find any more data than those I mention here . 66 The books and other writings of the chroniclers and his- torians , from the Spanish conquest to our times , should there- fore ...
... says , nor of their ancient history , have I been able to find any more data than those I mention here . 66 The books and other writings of the chroniclers and his- torians , from the Spanish conquest to our times , should there- fore ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. concerned , seeing that Cogolludo says they were unable to pro- cure any information on the subject . " It seems to me that it is time , " he says , " to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. concerned , seeing that Cogolludo says they were unable to pro- cure any information on the subject . " It seems to me that it is time , " he says , " to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and ...
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... says : " Con el rezelo de esta idolatria , hizo juntar todos los libros y caracteres antiguos que los indios tenian , y por quitarles toda ocasion y memoria de sus anti- guos ritos , quantos se pudieron hallar , se quemaron públicamente ...
... says : " Con el rezelo de esta idolatria , hizo juntar todos los libros y caracteres antiguos que los indios tenian , y por quitarles toda ocasion y memoria de sus anti- guos ritos , quantos se pudieron hallar , se quemaron públicamente ...
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... says : " The country is far from being devoid of water . Its soil is honeycombed , and innumerable caves exist just under the surface . In these caves are deposits of cool , limpid water , extensive lakes fed by subterranean Hence he ...
... says : " The country is far from being devoid of water . Its soil is honeycombed , and innumerable caves exist just under the surface . In these caves are deposits of cool , limpid water , extensive lakes fed by subterranean Hence he ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color Cosas de Yucatan cosmogonic earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father figure Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra 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 Osiris palaces Palenque 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 tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan