Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... origin . The reason is very simple . At the time of the invasion of the country by the turbu- 1 Antonio de Herrera , Hist . general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y la tierra firme del Oceano . ( Madrid , 1601. ) Decada 1 ...
... origin . The reason is very simple . At the time of the invasion of the country by the turbu- 1 Antonio de Herrera , Hist . general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas y la tierra firme del Oceano . ( Madrid , 1601. ) Decada 1 ...
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... 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 unable to find out at the beginning of the Conquest , even inquiring with great diligence , as ...
... 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 unable to find out at the beginning of the Conquest , even inquiring with great diligence , as ...
Page xxxix
... origin of their name to be found . Among the various authors who have 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 ...
... origin of their name to be found . Among the various authors who have 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 ...
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... origin as an alphabetic character . It is easy to see that it is composed of the geometrical figure☐ flanked on each side by the symbol imix . Who can fail to see that this figure bears a strik- ing resemblance to the Egyptian sign ...
... origin as an alphabetic character . It is easy to see that it is composed of the geometrical figure☐ flanked on each side by the symbol imix . Who can fail to see that this figure bears a strik- ing resemblance to the Egyptian sign ...
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... origin of the Egyptians , of their civilization , nor the country where it grew from infancy to maturity . They themselves , although they invariably pointed toward the setting sun when questioned concerning the father- land of their ...
... origin of the Egyptians , of their civilization , nor the country where it grew from infancy to maturity . They themselves , although they invariably pointed toward the setting sun when questioned concerning the father- land of their ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo color composed Cosas de Yucatan earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island 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 origin Osiris Palenque passim 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 Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan