Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings , as the Egyptians did the uræus , symbol of their country . Ælian says : “ It was the custom of the Egyptian kings to wear asps of different colors in their crowns ...
... sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings , as the Egyptians did the uræus , symbol of their country . Ælian says : “ It was the custom of the Egyptian kings to wear asps of different colors in their crowns ...
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... sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings , as the Egyptians did the uræus , symbol of their country . Ælian says : “ It was the custom of the Egyptian kings to wear asps of different colors in their crowns ...
... sculptures they represented sometimes with , sometimes without wings , as the Egyptians did the uræus , symbol of their country . Ælian says : “ It was the custom of the Egyptian kings to wear asps of different colors in their crowns ...
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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 . X 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 . X Can it be that all these are mere coincidences ? If they ...
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... sculptures . Did the learned men of Mayachima know that the waters cover about three - fifths of the earth , the land only two - fifths ? And why not ? Do we not know it ? Were not their people navigators ? It may be asked , What is the ...
... sculptures . Did the learned men of Mayachima know that the waters cover about three - fifths of the earth , the land only two - fifths ? And why not ? Do we not know it ? Were not their people navigators ? It may be asked , What is the ...
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