Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... written . They contained those myths . The Troano and the Dresden MSS . seem to belong to that epoch . They con- tain , besides some of the old cosmogonical traditions , the tenets and precepts of the new religion that sprang from the ...
... written . They contained those myths . The Troano and the Dresden MSS . seem to belong to that epoch . They con- tain , besides some of the old cosmogonical traditions , the tenets and precepts of the new religion that sprang from the ...
Page xxxiv
... written their histories , and that in order to take from them all remembrances of their ancient rites . " 1 Those who undertook to write the narrative of the Con- quest and the history of the country , in order to procure the necessary ...
... written their histories , and that in order to take from them all remembrances of their ancient rites . " 1 Those who undertook to write the narrative of the Con- quest and the history of the country , in order to procure the necessary ...
Page xxxix
... written on that coun- try several have endeavored to give the etymology of the word Maya : none has succeeded ; for , instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped destruction at the hands of the Zumarragas , Landas , and ...
... written on that coun- try several have endeavored to give the etymology of the word Maya : none has succeeded ; for , instead of consulting the Maya books that escaped destruction at the hands of the Zumarragas , Landas , and ...
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... written their histories , and that in order to take from them all remembrances of their ancient rites . ” 1 Those who undertook to write the narrative of the Conquest and the history of the country , in order to procure the necessary ...
... written their histories , and that in order to take from them all remembrances of their ancient rites . ” 1 Those who undertook to write the narrative of the Conquest and the history of the country , in order to procure the necessary ...
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... the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against the trunk , but in an inverted position . It is , in fact , the same legend repeated , and so written INTRODUCTION . xliii.
... the drawing which looks like the hori- zontal branch of a tree are identical with those placed verti- cally against the trunk , but in an inverted position . It is , in fact , the same legend repeated , and so written INTRODUCTION . xliii.
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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