This was done by analysing the subtle distortions in the ancient light introduced as it passed by the matter.
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Everything from the ancient brass light switches and the copper bathtubs to the 12-foot alligator floor piece was hoarded by the peripatetic Mr. Yeh.
Mr. BOB DYLAN (Singer): (Singing) In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light, where wisdom grows up in strife.
In Merida, Mayan priest Valerio Canche conducts an ancient ritual to honor the dead in light of the upcoming end of the 13th baktun.
My angry guide disappeared into an unlit room, banged around for a minute, and suddenly switched on an ancient Soviet movie projector, using the light to illuminate the projection booth of what had been Vale's only movie theater.
One moment, the ethereal white or green curtains of light with a streak of violet take on forms that evoke the ancient mythology of the north - a palace of lights, a Sami fire in the wilderness, the prow of a Viking ship.
Even at their most opaque, the animated puppet films of the Brothers Quay (Philadelphia-born identical twins who now live in London) are eerily moving, like ancient volumes brought from the obscurity of a Borgesian library into the light.
These lightshows of dying stars have been seen since ancient times, but modern astronomers use details of their light to probe the Universe's secrets.
For example, iron-gall ink, commonly used on ancient documents, is transparent to infra-red light and most visible in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum.
The findings help explain how pygmy whales evolved and may also help shed light on how these ancient "lost" whales lived.
She still treasures the moment when a piece of the past, an object of people's daily lives in ancient Athens, or a marker mentioned in an ancient text, is revealed and she's able to bring it back into the light.
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