Originally posted by beforebc
Le Plongeon does not deserve BLIND ATTACKS BY IGNORANT PEOPLE, who google their way through life, using books as
door-stops.
LePlongeon endured far worse "attacks" in his day that that which you perceive to be an attack in my previous post.
I merely said LePlongeon had no idea what he was doing in his interpretations if Mayan glyphs. This position is comfirmed by every single person on
Earth that knows anything of the subject. After all, the glyphs have since been translated. Yet the pseudoscientist Osmanagic pretends otherwise, in
order to, as I said, separate fools from their money.
To my knowledge, LePlongeon never "translated" the Madrid Codex. He did "attempt" it, apparently, as did quite a few others, based on a published
alphabet that was devised by
Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg
The Abbe later realized that his "alphabet" and hence his "translation" was absolutely erroneous.
LePlongeon's theory of cultural diffusion from the Americas was put forward before the Egyptian timeline was solved. At the time, it seemed just as
likely as any other idea, at least for the first few years it was out there. Later in his life, LePlongeon's ideas were refuted by discoveries in
Egypt.
Originally posted by beforebc
Augustus Le Plongeon, author of Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx and Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas And the Quiches, among others,
was an exceptional researcher.
No, he was an exceptional photographer. That was his only contribution to the field.
Originally posted by beforebc
Le Plongeon (reproduced here from Queen Moo) was a member of the California Academe of Sciences, he was a pioneer in microscopic research, he
was a corresponding member of Geographical Societies of the United States Europe, Central and South America.
I am a member of the Planetary Society. Am I a rocket scientist?
Originally posted by beforebc
He and his wife spent 12 years in the Yucatan with the Mayan people, learning their language, discovering and translating the sepulcher of the Royal
Kan Coe, and creating the first Maya dictionary.
No translation occured. LePlongeon "interpreted" certain murals in a way that agreed with his (admitted) preconceived notions about diffusion.
Notions he held prior to his ever first setting foot in Central America.
Originally posted by beforebc
I sincerely hope that members of ATS know that one of the above posters - has never read the material he is so ignorantly attacking!
There never was a "Queen Moo." Why would I read a book about her that was based on erroneous information?
References for anyone interested:
Archaeoplanet Scroll down for
LePlongeon
Of Facts and hearsay: Bringing...LePlongeon into focus
A Dream of Maya: Augustus and Alice LePlongeon in 19th Century Yucatan
From Chapter 4 of the last link:
Alice and Augustus studied and began to copy what remained of the murals within the Upper Temple room. They showed vivid scenes of village life,
religious events, warfare, and rulers...
He thought it provided the key to the diffusion of Maya civilization. For him the murals were evidence of actual history, rather than myth, as found
in other cultures.*** Augustus felt he had found the source of other civilizations and worldwide mythology...
An eagle, which he identified as a macaw, became the symbol for a Maya princess, one of the central characters. She became "Queen Moo," after the
Maya word for "macaw." Her brother was named "powerful warrior," or "Prince Chacmool," a reference to the jaguar whose spots appeared on a
shield in the mural, and in bas-reliefs on the side of the temple.
Through intrigue and murder, according to his interpretation, Queen Moo was forced to flee to Egypt. On her arrival she was recognized as a long-lost
sister, thus proving, as far as Le Plongeon was concerned, that Egyptian civilization had been originated by the ancient Maya.
More references:
The only four Mayan Codices ever found
Augustus LePlongeon: A Fall From Archaeological Grace
Link to one of the ATS threads I mentioned in an earlier post - The Vagabond's excellent
debunking of the Lost Continent of MU from 2004 Scroll down to The Vagabond's post - the post ID number isn't showing, for whatever reason.
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