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... Sculptures of Peru —The Pottery of Peru and Hissarlik - The Symbol of the Pro- truding Tongue - The Winged Globe of Egypt in Yucatan and Palenque -The T and Swastika - The Mexican Pyramids , Dolmens and Rocking - Stones - Cyclopean ...
... Sculptures of Peru —The Pottery of Peru and Hissarlik - The Symbol of the Pro- truding Tongue - The Winged Globe of Egypt in Yucatan and Palenque -The T and Swastika - The Mexican Pyramids , Dolmens and Rocking - Stones - Cyclopean ...
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... sculpture , concealment , or defence , one might easily conceive that the bones of men and 1 Report to British Association on Caves of North Wales , 1886 . 2 Pre - historic Times , p . 303 . 3 See Boyd - Dawkins on Cave Hunting . those ...
... sculpture , concealment , or defence , one might easily conceive that the bones of men and 1 Report to British Association on Caves of North Wales , 1886 . 2 Pre - historic Times , p . 303 . 3 See Boyd - Dawkins on Cave Hunting . those ...
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... sculptures of Egypt and Greece . To the objection that had this corn been known to the ancient Egyptians it would have become generally cultivated , it may be answered , that supposing it to have been of foreign origin , the ...
... sculptures of Egypt and Greece . To the objection that had this corn been known to the ancient Egyptians it would have become generally cultivated , it may be answered , that supposing it to have been of foreign origin , the ...
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... sculptures represent Krisna standing upon the conquered serpent holding a gem in his hand , as though that had been the prize of victory , whilst a ball or gem of the same kind adorns the head of the snake ; and the sacred snake of the ...
... sculptures represent Krisna standing upon the conquered serpent holding a gem in his hand , as though that had been the prize of victory , whilst a ball or gem of the same kind adorns the head of the snake ; and the sacred snake of the ...
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... sculptures and paintings , with snakes springing from their shoulders , and forming a canopy over the head of the king . They appear to have long continued a powerful tribe , for when the Buddha of history ( B.C. 640 or 560 , or ...
... sculptures and paintings , with snakes springing from their shoulders , and forming a canopy over the head of the king . They appear to have long continued a powerful tribe , for when the Buddha of history ( B.C. 640 or 560 , or ...
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