Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... carved in marble , containing the pane- gyrics of rulers , the history of the nation , its cosmogonical traditions , the ancient religious rites and observances of its people , inviting decipherment , attract the attention of the.
... carved in marble , containing the pane- gyrics of rulers , the history of the nation , its cosmogonical traditions , the ancient religious rites and observances of its people , inviting decipherment , attract the attention of the.
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... traditions , 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 ...
... traditions , 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 ...
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Augustus Le Plongeon. tion , the old traditions and lore were forgotten or became dis- figured . Ingrafted with the traditions , superstitions , and fables of the Nahuatls , they assumed the shape of myths . The great men and women of ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. tion , the old traditions and lore were forgotten or became dis- figured . Ingrafted with the traditions , superstitions , and fables of the Nahuatls , they assumed the shape of myths . The great men and women of ...
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... traditions on the sub- ject ; " unmindful , likewise , of these words of Lizana : " That when the Spaniards came to this country , notwithstanding that some of the monuments appeared new , as if they had been built only twenty years ...
... traditions on the sub- ject ; " unmindful , likewise , of these words of Lizana : " That when the Spaniards came to this country , notwithstanding that some of the monuments appeared new , as if they had been built only twenty years ...
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... traditions among the Indians concerning the first settlers from whom they are descended ; our evangelical ministers , who imported the faith , in order to radically extirpate idolatry , having burned all char- acters and paintings they ...
... traditions among the Indians concerning the first settlers from whom they are descended ; our evangelical ministers , who imported the faith , in order to radically extirpate idolatry , having burned all char- acters and paintings they ...
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