Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xlii
... symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign Oplaced between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that the submerged places to ...
... symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign Oplaced between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that the submerged places to ...
Page xlii
... symbol of the cracks and crevices made on the surface of the earth by the escaping gases , represented by the dots . . . . , and of small circles , O , images of volcanoes . As to the character is composed of two letters , equivalent to ...
... symbol of the cracks and crevices made on the surface of the earth by the escaping gases , represented by the dots . . . . , and of small circles , O , images of volcanoes . As to the character is composed of two letters , equivalent to ...
Page xlv
... symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is ...
... symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is ...
Page xlvi
... symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the " King's country , " the " kingdom . " But how do you make your rendering accord with the meaning given to the character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer ...
... symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the " King's country , " the " kingdom . " But how do you make your rendering accord with the meaning given to the character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer ...
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... symbol , which , with but the drawing , is the same as that cal legend , in an inverted a slight difference in placed in the verti- position , against the trunk of the tree , by which the author has designated the whole country ...
... symbol , which , with but the drawing , is the same as that cal legend , in an inverted a slight difference in placed in the verti- position , against the trunk of the tree , by which the author has designated the whole country ...
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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