Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Augustus Le Plongeon. were portraits of friends and relatives of the dead warrior . On this altar , placed at the door of the inner chamber , they were wont to make offerings to his manes , just as the Egyp- tians made oblations of ...
Augustus Le Plongeon. were portraits of friends and relatives of the dead warrior . On this altar , placed at the door of the inner chamber , they were wont to make offerings to his manes , just as the Egyp- tians made oblations of ...
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... warriors homicidal rage , and they rush blindly to combat and slay one another without cause or provocation . Patriotic hymns sustain the courage of the victims of political parties , even in the face of death . Soft and sweet melodies ...
... warriors homicidal rage , and they rush blindly to combat and slay one another without cause or provocation . Patriotic hymns sustain the courage of the victims of political parties , even in the face of death . Soft and sweet melodies ...
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... warriors only ; they were likewise mer- chants , whose capital , Carchemish , situated at the confluence of the river Chebar and the Euphrates , vied in commercial importance with Tyre and Carthage . There met traders from India and ...
... warriors only ; they were likewise mer- chants , whose capital , Carchemish , situated at the confluence of the river Chebar and the Euphrates , vied in commercial importance with Tyre and Carthage . There met traders from India and ...
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... warrior , " endowed with great dexterity and extraordinary power . When the Spaniards landed for the first time in America , the Caribs of the islands of St. Vin- cent and Martinique were cannibals , and the terror of their neighbors ...
... warrior , " endowed with great dexterity and extraordinary power . When the Spaniards landed for the first time in America , the Caribs of the islands of St. Vin- cent and Martinique were cannibals , and the terror of their neighbors ...
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... warriors and of power , there can be no doubt . All the chroniclers of the time of the Spanish con- quest tell us that where the hosts of natives opposed the invaders and confronted them in battle array , their faces and bodies were ...
... warriors and of power , there can be no doubt . All the chroniclers of the time of the Spanish con- quest tell us that where the hosts of natives opposed the invaders and confronted them in battle array , their faces and bodies were ...
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