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.
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 action has been moved from ancient Rome to a modern republic at war, revealing the play as a contemporary battle drama and political thriller.
These candidates represented a wide swath of human tool making--from ancient implements like the knife to modern gear like the remote control.
One flame whose symbolism has transcended from modern to ancient times is the Olympic torch, which has become a symbol for solidarity among nations, the perseverance needed of victory, and the struggle for perfection.
Yale economist William Nordhaus examined the history of lighting technologies, from open fires and stone animal fat lamps in ancient times to modern incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.
But in 2005, on the eve of the 134th version of the oldest championship in golf, the limelight has shifted away from nine-time modern major winner Tiger Woods to a much more ancient creature - the great and unique Golden Bear.
It is also one of the key ancient manuscripts that enabled Western civilization to awake from the dark ages and enter the modern world during the Renaissance.
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Languages can be either ancient or modern, drawn from a list of 172 course options, ranging from classical Greek to Japanese and Urdu.
The EPA's flawed approaches to biotechnology regulation, which date from the 1980s, are ancient history, but there is a modern-day angle.
By that time he had learned from his travels and examination of ancient sites that a classical-modern synthesis was not only possible but vital to creating timeless architecture.
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