He knew that the west coast of India had been the site of an ancient impact of unknown age and size.
The Canadian north-west has some ancient rock formations, similar in age, we think, to those found in Gale Crater, Curiosity's landing site.
Alex Scott, SNH area officer for West Sutherland and Wester Ross (North), said the caves provided a unique record of Scotland's ancient history, as glaciers during the Ice Age erased many remains buried just below the surface of the ground.
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Known as "ancient grains, " thanks to the advanced age of the species (a cool 5, 000 years old in some cases) and because they've managed to evade the industrial grooming of modern crops like wheat and corn, these old-school strains have retained their unique personalities.
The rediscovery of ancient Greek philosophy has in turn sparked the Golden Age of many other societies.
If you have time, it is only a short 2km drive from here to the little-visited ruins of Khirbet Mukhayyat, believed to be the original ancient town of Nebo, settled since the early Bronze Age.
The Dana Air was 22 years old, which is not exactly ancient in aviation terms but given that Nigerian law prohibits aircraft over the age of 20 from operating, who fell asleep at the switch?
Some 20, 000 pieces--including arms, armour, ceramics, earthenware, seals and decorative arts from ancient Persia, Mamluk Egypt and the Mughal emperors in India and Kuwait of the Bronze Age--were packed in crates and driven to the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad in a 17-lorry convoy.
The city-states of ancient Greece had populations smaller than Iceland's today: Athens, at its peak in the age of Pericles, had perhaps 200, 000 people, slaves included.
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The centerpiece is a grandiose Ritual Hall, which has hosted traditional coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, New Years festivities and birthdays for local villagers and Shanghai residents, using ancient costumes and rites.
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