Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... preserve what remains of the mural inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of the Mayas , that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in the United States and other places ...
... preserve what remains of the mural inscriptions carved on the walls of the ruined palaces and temples of the Mayas , that are being torn to pieces by individuals commissioned by certain institutions in the United States and other places ...
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... preserved in the books of the Brahmins is but the reflection . That wisdom was no doubt brought to India , and from there carried to Babylon and Egypt in very remote ages by those Maya adepts ( Naacal " the exalted " ) , who , starting ...
... preserved in the books of the Brahmins is but the reflection . That wisdom was no doubt brought to India , and from there carried to Babylon and Egypt in very remote ages by those Maya adepts ( Naacal " the exalted " ) , who , starting ...
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... preserved through the lapse of ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty , or fanatical monks who believed they pleased the Almighty by ...
... preserved through the lapse of ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty , or fanatical monks who believed they pleased the Almighty by ...
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... preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their descendants do still , with rev- erential fear . There were recorded the legends of the past- a dead ...
... preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their descendants do still , with rev- erential fear . There were recorded the legends of the past- a dead ...
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... preserved no traditions on the sub- ject ; " unmindful , likewise , of these words of Lizana : " That when the Spaniards came to this country , notwithstanding that some of the monuments appeared new , as if they had been built only ...
... preserved no traditions on the sub- ject ; " unmindful , likewise , of these words of Lizana : " That when the Spaniards came to this country , notwithstanding that some of the monuments appeared new , as if they had been built only ...
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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