Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages A new and different approach to Atlantis by way of the Mayan civilization, thoroughly investigated, heavily illustrated and highly intriguing. |
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... painted blue , a belt surrounding his waist , holding a sceptre in his hand , his head being adorned with a royal headdress orna- mented with a plume . " Were I to describe minutely the figure within the egg , I could not do it better ...
... painted blue , a belt surrounding his waist , holding a sceptre in his hand , his head being adorned with a royal headdress orna- mented with a plume . " Were I to describe minutely the figure within the egg , I could not do it better ...
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... paint- ings or sculptured in low and high reliefs and statues . ( Plates XXV . , XXVI . , XXVII . ) No one , surely , will presume to maintain that they belong to the same family or race , and that the difference in their appearance is ...
... paint- ings or sculptured in low and high reliefs and statues . ( Plates XXV . , XXVI . , XXVII . ) No one , surely , will presume to maintain that they belong to the same family or race , and that the difference in their appearance is ...
Page 90
... painted blue , and held holy . We have seen these victims , painted blue , represented in the ancient fresco paint- ings . The image of Mehen , the engendered , that ancestor of all beings , seated in the cosmic egg , was painted blue ...
... painted blue , and held holy . We have seen these victims , painted blue , represented in the ancient fresco paint- ings . The image of Mehen , the engendered , that ancestor of all beings , seated in the cosmic egg , was painted blue ...
Page 92
... painted yellow with an infusion of sandalwood and saffron.3 Yellow is likewise the color of the dress of the bonzes in Laos , Indo - China ; and the priests officiating at the funerals of Siamese kings wear yellow robes . Among ...
... painted yellow with an infusion of sandalwood and saffron.3 Yellow is likewise the color of the dress of the bonzes in Laos , Indo - China ; and the priests officiating at the funerals of Siamese kings wear yellow robes . Among ...
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... painted red . Judging from the royal standards represented in fresco paintings in Prince Coh's Memorial Hall ; from the tint prevalent on the façades of the palaces of the Mayas , and that of the floors in castles Such is the knowledge ...
... painted red . Judging from the royal standards represented in fresco paintings in Prince Coh's Memorial Hall ; from the tint prevalent on the façades of the palaces of the Mayas , and that of the floors in castles Such is the knowledge ...
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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