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Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1851–1910) was an English photographer, archaeologist, traveller, and author. She was taught the art of photography by her father, Henry Dixon, a man who was recognized in the late nineteenth century for his contribution to the development of panchromatic photography, and for his photos of London architecture taken for the Society for Preserving the Relics of Old London. Together with her husband Augustus Le Plongeon she spent eleven years living and working in southern Mexico and Central America photographing and studying the ruined cities of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The origins and history of the ruins were at that time obscure. The two made some of the first photographs of ruins at Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. They developed several speculative theories concerning the origins of the Maya, which are today completely discounted by modern Mayanist scholarship but contributed to the emergence of Mayanism. The Le Plongeons believed the ancient Maya had been in direct communication with the lost continent of Atlantis and with ancient Egypt and that Jesus had been influenced by the Mayas and spoke the Yucatec language. Alice had a strong interest in Spiritualism, Freemasonry, and the Rosicrucians, and was active in the Theosophical Society and a friend of Annie Besant. Her writings included ''Queen Moo's Talisman'', a fanciful description of the ancient Maya royalty featuring the characters Queen Moo and Prince Coh (also known as Chacmool). Its title refers to a jade pendant that had been found in the ruins at Chichén Itzá that Alice wore. Her epic poem ''A Dream of Atlantis'' (1909–11) was published in ''The Word Magazine'', a Theosophy serial. Alice was also an acquaintance of James Churchward, who wrote extensively about Mu (Lemuria), whose name came from the saga of Queen Moo. Although her interpretations of the ancient Maya have been rejected, her documentation and recording of monuments and inscriptions at several Maya sites remains a useful repository of information. == Published works == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Dixon Le Plongeon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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