Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... tells us that the Egyptians represented indifferently the vowels A , I , O , E by the character " We see effectively , " says the learned discoverer of the Egyptian alphabet , " the leaf or feather as their homo- phones , to mean ...
... tells us that the Egyptians represented indifferently the vowels A , I , O , E by the character " We see effectively , " says the learned discoverer of the Egyptian alphabet , " the leaf or feather as their homo- phones , to mean ...
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... tell you that the first meant , in the Egyptian hieroglyphs , " the sun setting on the horizon , " and the second , " the mountainous countries in the west . " As to the conventional posture given to all the statues of the rulers and ...
... tell you that the first meant , in the Egyptian hieroglyphs , " the sun setting on the horizon , " and the second , " the mountainous countries in the west . " As to the conventional posture given to all the statues of the rulers and ...
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... tells us that the Mayas were mighty navigators , whose ships travelled from the western to the eastern ocean , from the southern to the northern seas , in ages so remote that " the sun had not yet risen above the horizon ; " 1 that ...
... tells us that the Mayas were mighty navigators , whose ships travelled from the western to the eastern ocean , from the southern to the northern seas , in ages so remote that " the sun had not yet risen above the horizon ; " 1 that ...
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... tells us that it was the symbol of royalty . Pausanias affirms that the asp was held sacred throughout Egypt , and at Omphis particularly enjoyed the greatest honor . Phylarchus states the same thing . Still the Egyptian sages must have ...
... tells us that it was the symbol of royalty . Pausanias affirms that the asp was held sacred throughout Egypt , and at Omphis particularly enjoyed the greatest honor . Phylarchus states the same thing . Still the Egyptian sages must have ...
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... tells us that civilization was brought to Mesopotamia by Oannes and six other beings , half man , half fish , who came from the Persian Gulf ; in other words , by men who dwelt in boats , which is precisely the meaning of the vocable ...
... tells us that civilization was brought to Mesopotamia by Oannes and six other beings , half man , half fish , who came from the Persian Gulf ; in other words , by men who dwelt in boats , which is precisely the meaning of the vocable ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo color composed Cosas de Yucatan earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island 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 origin Osiris Palenque passim 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 Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan