It was originally thought to date to the Ptolemaic period, when Egypt was ruled by a dynasty of Greek origin, around 300 BC, but is actually more recent than that.

起初认为，埃及被原希腊王朝统治时属于托勒密时期，大约公元前300年，但实际上比那还要后。

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In his latest study, this anatomical evidence allowed Trinkaus to date the origin of shoes to a period long before the oldest known shoe remains.

在他的最新研究中，这一解剖学的证据，使得Trinkaus将鞋的起源时间确定为一个比之前我们知道的更早得多的时期。

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Its origin can be tracked to the Roman period, there is still a lot of controversy.

其渊源可以溯及到古罗马时期，至今仍然存在诸多的争议。

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Most Muslim children are told that they need know only one thing about the Koran's origin: that it was revealed over a period of 23 years by the angel Gabriel to Muhammad.

ECONOMIST: Muslims and the Koran

Adherence to direct, source- and sink-based, current-period accounting provides a robust framework for handling emissions from fuels regardless of their origin.

FORBES: Rethinking Life-Cycle Fuel Regulations

Having monitored the number of utility patents (an inexact but objective measure for innovation) granted by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office to countries during this period, it was fascinating to observe that the number of patents of foreign origin over taking those from the U.S. in 2007 for the first time in history.

FORBES: The locus of innovation has shifted away from the U.S.