▁( 1 8 8 6 ). ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁books ▁were ▁published ▁with ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁the ▁Free ▁M asons , ▁as ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁was ▁a ▁Mason ▁himself . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁May an ▁culture ▁was ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁civil ization , ▁he ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁Free ▁Mason ry ▁was ▁invent ed ▁by ▁the ▁May a . ▁ ▁Alice ▁D ixon ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁volume ▁on ▁Queen ▁M oo ▁and ▁Prince ▁C oh ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁she ▁published ▁an ▁ep ic ▁poem ▁called ▁Queen ▁M oo ' s ▁T alis man : ▁The ▁Fall ▁of ▁the ▁May a ▁Empire . ▁Alice ▁subsequently ▁adapted ▁the ▁poem ▁into ▁a ▁play ▁called ▁The ▁Fall ▁of ▁May a : ▁A ▁T rag ic ▁D rama ▁of ▁An cient ▁America . ▁These ▁works ▁relay ed ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁mem ories ▁of ▁their ▁past ▁lives ▁as ▁Prince ▁C oh ▁and ▁Queen ▁M oo . ▁ ▁Alice ▁chose ▁to ▁express ▁her ▁ideas ▁about ▁Queen ▁M oo ▁as ▁fiction ▁rather ▁than ▁attempting ▁a ▁scientific ▁arch ae ological ▁work ▁as ▁her ▁husband ▁had ▁done . ▁Alice ' s ▁work ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁The osoph ical ▁Society , ▁with ▁which ▁she ▁had ▁a ▁close ▁association . ▁ ▁After ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁death , ▁Alice ▁gave ▁his ▁papers ▁to ▁James ▁Church ward ▁and ▁Church ward ▁published ▁several ▁books , ▁including ▁The ▁Lost ▁Cont inent ▁of