Guanches

Ignatius Donnelly

Corroborating Circumstances

How comes it that the sandals upon the feet of the statue of Chacmol, discovered at Chichen Itza, are "exact representations of those found on the feet of the Guanches, the early inhabitants of the Canary Islands, whose mummies are occasionally discovered in the eaves of Teneriffe?" Dr.

266), declares, "With regard to the primitive dolichocephalæ of America I entertain a hypothesis still more bold, namely, that they are nearly related to the Guanches in the Canary Islands, and to the Atlantic populations of Africa, the Moors, Tuaricks, Copts, etc., which Latham comprises under the name of Egyptian-Atlantidæ.

That the Guanches of the Canary Islands, supposed to be a remnant of the Atlantean population, preserved their dead as mummies.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Indentity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New

Religious Beliefs.--The Guanches of the Canary Islands, who were probably a fragment of the old Atlantean population, believed in the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of

W. Scott-Elliot

The Story of Atlantis

Professor Retzius, in his Smithsonian Report, considers that the primitive dolichocephalæ of America are nearly related to the Guanches of the Canary Islands, and to the population on the Atlantic seaboard of Africa, which Latham comprises under the name of Egyptian-Atlantidæ.

Atlantis

Mummification

In "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World" by Ignatius Donnelly, it is stated that the Egyptians, the Guanches of the Canary Islands, and the Peruvians all shared this belief and practiced mummification as a result.

Donnelly mentions that mummification was practiced by the Guanches of the Canary Islands, Egyptians, and Peruvians, indicating a widespread tradition that transcended geographical boundaries.

Ignatius Donnelly

American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis

The practice of embalming the dead, found among the Guanches, Egyptians, Assyrians, and American civilizations, suggests a common religious belief in bodily resurrection.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New

The Guanches of the Canary Islands, Egyptians, and Peruvians all believed in the immortality of the soul and preserved their dead through mummification.