The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.

该大陆地壳最古老的那些部分有40亿年了。

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This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals.

这是最古老、最神圣的神道教仪式。

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China has the world's most ancient tree species — metasequoia.

中国有世界最古老的树种——水杉。

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It's home to some of the most ancient Christian monasteries, and its natural caves or 'hermitages,' were used as shelters and burial grounds going back more than 10,000 years.

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Interestingly, unlike most ancient sanctuaries, the Israelite sanctuary did not contain a statue of the deity.

有趣的是，和大多数古代神殿不同，以色列神殿里没有神的塑像。

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When a slave is freed--and in the Ancient World, in the Roman Empire, most slaves were eventually freed, - unless they just died before long-- they became a freed man.

当一名奴隶被释放。。。在古罗马帝国，几乎所有奴隶最终都会被释放，除非他们很早就去世-,成为脱离奴隶身份的人。

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Most ancient Greeks believed that there was a poet called Homer who wrote down his poems.

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The basilica is the city's most ancient, with foundations dating back to the early 4th century.

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The world's most ancient example of winemaking was found in Shulaveri, a region in southern Georgia.

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