Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... natives who really possessed a knowledge of the myths , tra- ditions , and facts of history contained in the books that those same men with long gowns had wilfully destroyed by feed- ing the flames with them , notwithstanding the ...
... natives who really possessed a knowledge of the myths , tra- ditions , and facts of history contained in the books that those same men with long gowns had wilfully destroyed by feed- ing the flames with them , notwithstanding the ...
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... natives ; not , however , with the extension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come , for it would be difficult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were ...
... natives ; not , however , with the extension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries whence they may have come , for it would be difficult for me to ascertain now that which so many learned men were ...
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... natives to whom they had to preach the gospel , and , after converting them to Chris- tianity , to administer the sacraments of their Church ? Were they not scholars , men conversant with grammatical studies ? Who but they have reduced ...
... natives to whom they had to preach the gospel , and , after converting them to Chris- tianity , to administer the sacraments of their Church ? Were they not scholars , men conversant with grammatical studies ? Who but they have reduced ...
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... natives call a young sprout . What can have induced the hierogrammatists to select a hand at the end of the scorpion's tail . The rope that connects said hand with the raised right forefoot of the deer indicates that not only the seis ...
... natives call a young sprout . What can have induced the hierogrammatists to select a hand at the end of the scorpion's tail . The rope that connects said hand with the raised right forefoot of the deer indicates that not only the seis ...
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... natives have perpetuated , from genera- tion to generation , for centuries , the name of that inscrip- tion . They still call it Akab - ɔib , the awful , the tenebrous writing . 1 Sir Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs of Ancient ...
... natives have perpetuated , from genera- tion to generation , for centuries , the name of that inscrip- tion . They still call it Akab - ɔib , the awful , the tenebrous writing . 1 Sir Gardner Wilkinson , Manners and Customs of Ancient ...
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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 composed 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 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