Littell's Living Age, Volume 359Littell, Son, 1940 |
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... Mayan astronomical observa- tory in the ruins of Chichen - Itza on an equinoctial date you will see the sun set on a line due west of center . Much more primitive people than Maya , however , recorded this phenomenon in their temples ...
... Mayan astronomical observa- tory in the ruins of Chichen - Itza on an equinoctial date you will see the sun set on a line due west of center . Much more primitive people than Maya , however , recorded this phenomenon in their temples ...
Page 376
... Mayan series are exactly alike and there is also a wide range of emotions registered . All the bas - reliefs were highly colored with pigments of en- during quality . Mayan numbers and ideographs are more intricately complex than those ...
... Mayan series are exactly alike and there is also a wide range of emotions registered . All the bas - reliefs were highly colored with pigments of en- during quality . Mayan numbers and ideographs are more intricately complex than those ...
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... Mayan legend also as the Plumed Serpent god , but under the name of Kukulcan , and in Mayan bas - reliefs he is clearly de- picted as a full - bearded European , completely lacking in any Mayan ( or other Indian ) facial characteristic ...
... Mayan legend also as the Plumed Serpent god , but under the name of Kukulcan , and in Mayan bas - reliefs he is clearly de- picted as a full - bearded European , completely lacking in any Mayan ( or other Indian ) facial characteristic ...
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