Queen M'oo and the Egyptian sphinxРипол Классик, 1972 - 277 pages |
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... of these narratives are illustrated—that contained in the Troano MS,2 the other'in the Codex Cortesianus. The third has been engraved on stone in relief, and placed for safe-keeping in a room in a building at Chicken, Where it exists to-day ...
... of these narratives are illustrated—that contained in the Troano MS,2 the other'in the Codex Cortesianus. The third has been engraved on stone in relief, and placed for safe-keeping in a room in a building at Chicken, Where it exists to-day ...
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... of the history of the builders of the ruined temples and palaces of the Mayas. May this work receive the same acceptance from students of American archaeology and universal history as was veuchsafed. to “ Sacred Mysteries among the ...
... of the history of the builders of the ruined temples and palaces of the Mayas. May this work receive the same acceptance from students of American archaeology and universal history as was veuchsafed. to “ Sacred Mysteries among the ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. INTRODUCTION. ORIGIN OF THE NAME MAYAOH. Tea country known today as Yucatan, one of the stems of the Mexican confederacy, may indeed be justly regarded by the ethndlogist, the geologist, the: naturalist, the ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. INTRODUCTION. ORIGIN OF THE NAME MAYAOH. Tea country known today as Yucatan, one of the stems of the Mexican confederacy, may indeed be justly regarded by the ethndlogist, the geologist, the: naturalist, the ...
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... of the history of past ages, from the settlement of the peninsula by its primitive inhabitants, had been carefully hidden (and have so remained to this day) by the learned philosophers, and the wise priests who had charge of the libraries ...
... of the history of past ages, from the settlement of the peninsula by its primitive inhabitants, had been carefully hidden (and have so remained to this day) by the learned philosophers, and the wise priests who had charge of the libraries ...
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... in the inscriptions that covered these antique walls—were as much a mystery to the people, as to the multitudes which have since contemplated them with amazement, during centuries, to the present day. Bishop Landa, speaking of the ...
... in the inscriptions that covered these antique walls—were as much a mystery to the people, as to the multitudes which have since contemplated them with amazement, during centuries, to the present day. Bishop Landa, speaking of the ...
Table des matières
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LXHI Javelin Head and Arrow Points found with the Charred | 159 |
Portrait of Queen M60 From a demirelief adorning | 166 |
Portrait of Bishop Lands second Bishop of Yucatan | 169 |
LXVHI Mezzorelievo in Stucco on the Frieze of the Temple | 197 |
Fresco Painting in the Funeral Chamber of Prince Cohs | 222 |
The Lord of the Yucatan Forests From life | 236 |
Part of Facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal Cosmic | 256 |
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Abbé adorned Akkadian Akkadian language alphabet ancestors ancient Maya Asia assertion Augustus Le Plongeon Brasseur Brinton called Caribbean Sea Central America Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh’s Memorial Hall color cosmogonic earth edifices Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father fields figure find fire first five flower Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya language Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Mysteries Naacal Nahuatls natives Osiris Palenque peninsula Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh’s Memorial Queen M60 remote ages represented sacred Sacred Mysteries sacrifices says scientific sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples Thoth tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing yellow Yucatan