Some very ancient sediments were no longer recognizable, having been converted to igneous and metamorphic rocks in the course of mountain building.

在造山的过程中，一些非常古老的沉积物已被转化为火成岩和变质岩，已经无法辨认了。

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The tradition of gift-giving in Japan is very ancient.

日本送礼的传统由来已久。

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At Drumcliff there is a very ancient graveyard.

德拉姆·克利夫有一座古老的墓地。

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Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than one thousand years ago.

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We know of a very ancient Sumerian flood story.

我们都听说过关于苏美尔洪水的古老传说。

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They participated at the very earliest stages in the wider religious and cultic culture of the Ancient Near East.

他们从最初就影响着,广泛古代近东地区的宗教信仰。

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Qanats (also called kariz, lyoun, aflaj) are underground galleries that tap and continously convey groundwater and have been employed since very ancient times.

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"We've found archaeology from pretty much all periods - from the very ancient prehistoric right up to a 20th-Century industrial site, but this site is probably the most important medieval site we've got, " said Jay Carver, project archaeologist for Crossrail.

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Nayder says it ties in very well with the ancient Roman tradition of honoring vegetation on May Day.

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