Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... seems to me that it is time , ” he says , “ to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and of its natives ; not , however , with the extension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries ...
... seems to me that it is time , ” he says , “ to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and of its natives ; not , however , with the extension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries ...
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... seems to have been the seat of the government of the Maya Empire . The motive for the slight change in the drawing is easily explained . The peninsula jutting out into the sea from the mainland , as a shoot , a branch from the trunk of ...
... seems to have been the seat of the government of the Maya Empire . The motive for the slight change in the drawing is easily explained . The peninsula jutting out into the sea from the mainland , as a shoot , a branch from the trunk of ...
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... seems to be a plurality , of meanings . What right , it may be asked , have we to dispute the fact asserted by Bishop Landa , the Mayas , the character and perhaps to me and mo ? than any of us for knowing it ? Franciscan Order in ...
... seems to be a plurality , of meanings . What right , it may be asked , have we to dispute the fact asserted by Bishop Landa , the Mayas , the character and perhaps to me and mo ? than any of us for knowing it ? Franciscan Order in ...
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... seems to find confirmation in the sym- bol of the Mayas ; and the name Mayach forms no exception to the rule . In fact , if we draw round the Yucatan peninsula a geometri- cal figure enclosing it , and composed of straight lines , by ...
... seems to find confirmation in the sym- bol of the Mayas ; and the name Mayach forms no exception to the rule . In fact , if we draw round the Yucatan peninsula a geometri- cal figure enclosing it , and composed of straight lines , by ...
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... seem to have been favorite ones , since they made fre- quent use of them in illustrating their explanations of the geological phenomena which have convulsed our planet . Per- haps also the second reason was what caused them to generally ...
... seem to have been favorite ones , since they made fre- quent use of them in illustrating their explanations of the geological phenomena which have convulsed our planet . Per- haps also the second reason was what caused them to generally ...
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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