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... hieroglyphic symbols at present employed by some of the aboriginal nations , and of such implements of warfare and domestic use , as are adapted to the wants of savage life ; and yet they exhibit indi- cations of that mechanical talent ...
... hieroglyphic symbols at present employed by some of the aboriginal nations , and of such implements of warfare and domestic use , as are adapted to the wants of savage life ; and yet they exhibit indi- cations of that mechanical talent ...
Page 79
... hieroglyphic signs , and others human figures seated cross legged in the Asiatic manner , and crocodiles spout- ing water . * It is probable that the interior of this monument contains .many apartments , as it is ascertained that ...
... hieroglyphic signs , and others human figures seated cross legged in the Asiatic manner , and crocodiles spout- ing water . * It is probable that the interior of this monument contains .many apartments , as it is ascertained that ...
Page 97
... hieroglyphics in square tablets ; and opposite these monuments , at a distance of three or four yards , was commonly placed a stone table or altar . One of these altars , in the temple , which is two feet four inches high and four feet ...
... hieroglyphics in square tablets ; and opposite these monuments , at a distance of three or four yards , was commonly placed a stone table or altar . One of these altars , in the temple , which is two feet four inches high and four feet ...
Page 103
... hieroglyphics are represented on various parts of the ruins ; these are all of consequence , in a comparative view of ... hieroglyphic signs , and inserted in the wall . The empty places of fourteen of these stones , which have fallen ...
... hieroglyphics are represented on various parts of the ruins ; these are all of consequence , in a comparative view of ... hieroglyphic signs , and inserted in the wall . The empty places of fourteen of these stones , which have fallen ...
Page 108
... hieroglyphic denoting the conquered province . On the upper surface of the stone , there is a groove of some depth , designed to let off the blood of the victims . This stone , as is thought by Humboldt , was intended as an area , upon ...
... hieroglyphic denoting the conquered province . On the upper surface of the stone , there is a groove of some depth , designed to let off the blood of the victims . This stone , as is thought by Humboldt , was intended as an area , upon ...
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