In all ancient civilisations, it was assumed that terrestrial events had astronomical causes.
Ever since their first public appearance in London, in 1807, the marbles had shocked and disappointed those cognoscenti who had assumed that all ancient scuplture was white.
Some of the streets around here were not quite so inviting. (Laughter.) Times Square was not a family destination. (Laughter.) So I know this is all ancient history.
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Of all the ancient civilisations that rose and fell on the Anatolian plateau, the Lycians were the most enigmatic.
Metrosexuals aren't exactly new--think of all those ancient Greek discus throwers wearing togas.
Scafetta believes that a natural 60-year climate cycle associated with astronomical cycles may also explain calendars adopted in traditional Chinese, Tamil and Tibetan civilizations, since all major ancient civilizations knew about 20-year and 60-year Jupiter and Saturn cycles.
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After all, at some point, ancient cathedrals all start to look the same.
Virtually all of the ancient gold in the Galleries, Scythian or otherwise, was unearthed from burial mounds scattered across Russia from Siberia to the Ukraine.
And there are all sorts of ancient opt-outs people can appeal to.
We already know that the tomb is booby-trapped by all manner of ancient curses, and, soon enough, the massed ranks of special effects arrive to take revenge.
We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of 'peace on earth, good will toward men'.
Gaia, Greek Goddess of Earth, was worshipped on the island of Crete as the ancient mistress of all the animals, and the many cults that grew up in her name gave rise to modern geography, the now accepted biochemical Gaia Hypothesis, and what the ancient Greeks considered the most sacred of all oaths: our indebtedness to Earth.
All this would be ancient history if it were not still going on today.
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All this might be ancient history but for the fact that not much appears to have changed.
All the tricks of ancient processional are brought into play.
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The new information is also a first step in reconstructing the ancient lineage all the way back to the point when all members of this group first diverged, he said.
The ancient, all-of-a-piece jumble of khaki fieldstone buildings, wooden shutters and half-pipe roof tiles is as spruced up as a resort these days, with no graffiti in sight or tumbled ruins or paving stones out of place.
But the Middle East was a place where ancient grievances marred all hope of peace.
Newer drugs like Valium, Halcion and the bestseller Ambien are all just improvements on this ancient mechanism.
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Performance and pressure have been the hallmark of the Olympic Games, going all the way back to ancient times.
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Ancient humans spent all their time outdoors and got such doses.
Augusta has not moved on the issue and it appears unlikely that Royal St George's - or indeed the all-male Royal and Ancient - will change either.
Going all the way back to ancient Sumeria, branding is how merchant houses distinguished their wares and allowed them to start trading goods beyond the local marketplace.
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Still, Shay says what strikes him is how familiar their struggles seem: When these Iraq vets speak, he hears echoes of the same loss and anger that have wounded generations of soldiers, all the way back to ancient Greece.
For what it is worth, RBS does not believe that the issue raised by many - that all the banks have creaking ancient and complex computer systems, on to which they are constantly grafting updates - is the core weakness.
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland.
Few of the most creative societies of the ancient world, after all, were free.
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