Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... SCULPTURE IN ANCIENT CITY OF ANGOR - THOM , CAMBODIA . the headdress of the Goddess Isis , or Mau , whose vestments were dyed with a variety of colors imitating feather work . Everywhere it is a myth . In Mayach only we may perhaps ...
... SCULPTURE IN ANCIENT CITY OF ANGOR - THOM , CAMBODIA . the headdress of the Goddess Isis , or Mau , whose vestments were dyed with a variety of colors imitating feather work . Everywhere it is a myth . In Mayach only we may perhaps ...
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... sculptures and inscriptions , by the figure of that beautiful bird , whose plumage is composed of brilliant feathers of various colors . GODDESS ISIS AS A BIRD.1 ' Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs , vol . iii . , chap . xiii ...
... sculptures and inscriptions , by the figure of that beautiful bird , whose plumage is composed of brilliant feathers of various colors . GODDESS ISIS AS A BIRD.1 ' Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs , vol . iii . , chap . xiii ...
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... sculptures resembles a human heart , which vividly recalls the on of the Mayas , that bears the alligator pear - the Laurus persea of Linnæus , so abundant in tropical America . 5 Can it be that all these are mere coincidences ? If they ...
... sculptures resembles a human heart , which vividly recalls the on of the Mayas , that bears the alligator pear - the Laurus persea of Linnæus , so abundant in tropical America . 5 Can it be that all these are mere coincidences ? If they ...
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... sculpture , which teaching proves that , in very remote ages , the Maya sages had intimate communi- cations with those of India and other civilized countries . lessons that the Maya philosophers in remote ages have in-
... sculpture , which teaching proves that , in very remote ages , the Maya sages had intimate communi- cations with those of India and other civilized countries . lessons that the Maya philosophers in remote ages have in-
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... sculptures . Did the learned men of Mayach know that the waters cover about three - fifths of the earth , the land only two - fifths ? And why not ? And why not ? Do we not know it ? Were not their people navigators ? It may be asked ...
... sculptures . Did the learned men of Mayach know that the waters cover about three - fifths of the earth , the land only two - fifths ? And why not ? And why not ? Do we not know it ? Were not their people navigators ? It may be asked ...
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