Ethnographers are entranced by a distinct dialect that continues to contain words from ancient Dorian Greek.
One example of the problem: U.S. soldiers once used bits from ancient Babylon to fill sand bags.
The idea predates Christianity, coming from ancient Babylon, where a paradeiza was an enclosure used for easy hunting.
Northampton Museum boasts an internationally important collection of 12, 000 shoes - from ancient Egypt to the present day.
The winner of that particular evening's contest had brought in coins from ancient Greece, Rome and 19th-century America.
It also abandoned the lunar calendar that had been used from ancient times.
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For others, a game like Sissyfight, or a magazine like Word, might as well have come from ancient Greece.
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From ancient ruins to sports to nature, this list has something for everyone.
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The architect continued to advanced, from ancient times through the renaissance were repeatedly asked for the meaning of their design.
These candidates represented a wide swath of human tool making--from ancient implements like the knife to modern gear like the remote control.
The Pyramid of Chefren is the second largest at Giza and the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre from ancient Egypt's fourth dynasty.
"This one here, this is a coin from ancient Rome, " said a gray-haired gentleman, drawing out a dime-sized disc from his pocket.
Capitalism has created wonders that were out of reach of the richest kings from ancient times to modernity and made them widely available.
There is a polyglot of deities, holdovers from ancient rural animism, including earth gods, sea gods, kitchen gods and hundreds of patron saints.
Cattle browsed in the grass, and the distinctive call of a sandhill crane carried on the wind that flowed down from ancient sand dunes in the distance.
From ancient times, Mongolian nomads derived their livelihood from mother nature and veneration for the environment is deeply rooted in our culture and history.
The action has been moved from ancient Rome to a modern republic at war, revealing the play as a contemporary battle drama and political thriller.
While Steinhauer saw the change of time first-hand, some iReporters found that the landscape in other parts of the world retained structures from ancient times.
Apart from ancient material there is very little from Latin America.
Mr. Wartke suggested that the lack of eye-catching finds from Uruk comparable to those from ancient Egypt might have something to do with the city's relative obscurity.
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Thefts from ancient Indian ruins, he adds, are a growing business in the Four Corners area, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet in spectacular mountains.
Of all the mass media, from ancient official or personal inscriptions on stone to today's satellite broadcasts, those printed on paper have had the most profound influence.
After analysis of rock drilled from the Martian surface, scientists from NASA have announced that it shows that conditions from ancient Mars may have been suitable for life.
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The book romps through history at a terrific rate: from ancient Greece through the Islamic empire of the 13th century, 15th-century China and Renaissance Europe to 20th-century America.
Months of work goes into costumes and practising for the children's parade, which this year has the theme of stories and storytelling from ancient myths to modern graffiti art.
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The National Library of China (NLC) contributed manuscripts, maps, books, and rubbings of steles and oracle bones that span the range of Chinese history from ancient to modern times.
The development of the Carlsbad area began in the 1880s, which means that, apart from ancient but small settlements like Villanueva, the Carlsbad farmers defer to no one in water matters.
Twenty-nine, or 38%, of the 76 mummies from ancient Egypt, 13 of the 51 (25%) mummies from ancient Peru, and 2 of 5 (40%) of ancient Puebloans had atherosclerosis.
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They have been the choice of footwear for everyone from ancient Egyptians to California beach bums to Northwestern University's women's lacrosse team during a 2005 visit to the White House.
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