Sentences with phrase «ancient artifacts from»

A selection of ancient artifacts from the National Museum of Beirut, melted together by shell fire endured during the Lebanese Civil War, speaks to the preservation of objects whose profound transformations make them even more powerful representatives of the past.

«I have no question it is an ancient artifact from the first century,» said Eric Meyers, the Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor of Judaic Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke University.

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They discovered several artifacts from what appears to be an ancient village, including carved wooden tools and bits of charcoal, in a thin horizontal layer of soil, called paleosol.

On Wednesday, almost 4,000 ancient artifacts - including objects from the «lost city» of Irisagrig - that had been smuggled into the U.S. were...

My grandfather and many others from the village were against the Nazis and worked hard to prevent them from getting their hands on people and ancient artifacts.

Von Däniken's thesis is this: the postulate that the earth was once visited by spacemen from another world serves better to account for ancient artifacts than do the scientific theories now accepted (p. 51).

The Green family, famed owners of Hobby Lobby who made headlines a few years ago for protesting the Affordable Care Act's birth control legislation, have a reason for acquiring ancient artifacts: They're behind the Museum of the Bible, a new, massive nonprofit museum opening in Washington D.C. later this year full of interactive exhibits, historical Bible - themed items, text and ancient items from Bible times.

Among the artifacts from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute that Willard Libby tested during the radiocarbon dating development process was this wood from an ancient Egyptian coffin.

For anthropologists, ancient human DNA (aDNA) provides insights that could not be gleaned from fossils or artifacts.

Dr. Harmand, the lead author, says that the Lomekwi 3 artifacts show that at least one group of ancient hominin started intentionally «knapping» stones — breaking off pieces with quick, hard strikes from another stone — to make sharp tools long before previously thought.

Rose's team of archaeologists and geologists gathered more than 800 artifacts from ancient riverbeds in the Dhofar Mountains of southern Oman.

Archaeologists usually draw their clues from ordinary artifacts and human remains, so while the grave gold from the nomadic Scythians is sumptuous, the real prize is the ancient people themselves.

The method was previously used on human organs as an anatomy study aid for medical students, and has since been adopted to digitally archive artifacts such as ancient pottery and prehistoric skulls so that students and researchers can interact with otherwise rarely handled specimens from museum collections.

To find the Philistines» origins, researchers have studied artifacts and remains from ancient Philistine cities in Israel.

New diagnostic techniques revealed traces of blood (inset, in blue) in microscopic samples from ancient African artifacts such as this one.

«Landmark» ancient protein study firmly links sophisticated artifacts from France to our extinct cousins

The Penn Museum has a large collection of artifacts from Ur, because in 1922, British archaeologist Leonard Woolley led a famous series of excavations there, a joint operation between the British Museum and Penn, bringing back precious stones and pottery, and uncovering an ancient human sacrifice.

Now, a study uses a new method that relies on ancient proteins to identify and directly date Neandertal bone fragments from Grotte du Renne and finds that the connection between the archaic humans and the artifacts is real.

Scientists once could reconstruct humanity's distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artifacts.

Craig, who specializes in recovering DNA and other molecules from ancient artifacts, would need to see more control tests to be convinced.

Artifacts unearthed from various pits at the site appear to share features that are typical of an ancient archaeological practice developed by the first farmers in Scandinavia.

From developing the first accelerator mass spectrometer for use in the biology field to tracking radionuclides from the Dai - ichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, the Laboratory's Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) has spent 25 years in the spotlight of not only dating ancient artifactFrom developing the first accelerator mass spectrometer for use in the biology field to tracking radionuclides from the Dai - ichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, the Laboratory's Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) has spent 25 years in the spotlight of not only dating ancient artifactfrom the Dai - ichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, the Laboratory's Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) has spent 25 years in the spotlight of not only dating ancient artifacts...

These most intimate of ancient human artifacts were often ignored or discarded during many previous archaeological excavations, but careful study of materials painstakingly recovered from human paleofeces says a lot about what ancient human dietary practices were like, given their incredibly high content of fiber, undigested plant remains.

Radiocarbon dating is a technique used by scientists to learn the ages of biological specimens — for example, wooden archaeological artifacts or ancient Posts about Life with a Psychopath from Idealization to Devaluation written by psychopathyawareness

WHAT: When an ordinary LEGO construction worker named Emmet (Chris Pratt) stumbles upon an ancient artifact, he's declared «The Special» by an underground group of rebels led by the blind prophet Vitruvis (Morgan Freeman), who believes that Emmet is the only one capable of stopping the evil President Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying their world.

Production has already started on Warner Bros. and MGM's Tomb Raider reboot and the first photos from the set have debuted online from The Daily Mail, featuring Alicia Vikander in costume as Lara Croft, «the only daughter of an aristocratic family who ventures out into dangerous locations in search of ancient artifacts with supernatural powers.»

Adventure Club (Unrated) Sci - fi fantasy about a trio of ten year - old BFFs (Dalila Bella, Jakob Davies and Sam Ashe Arnold) who end up on the run from several shady characters after finding an ancient artifact capable of granting wishes.

A Wakandan by birth, he has teamed up with Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) to steal a vibranium artifact from a British museum — but he has his eyes set on a bigger prize than some ancient pickaxe.

In the first National Treasure, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage) had to redeem the family name from infamy by uncovering a huge trove of ancient artifacts.

But when his baby boy reveals that he has the same supernatural powers of The Mask, Loki (Alan Cumming), the god of mischief, comes thundering down from the heavens in order to retrieve the ancient artifact, only to be forced into a battle against the shape - shifting baby in a CGI game of cat - and - mouse.

With the help of Dominic from Portals to the Past, they learnt all about the geography of Ancient Greece, acted out some famous myths and legends from the period and even handled some replica artifacts!

One day Yugi solves an ancient artifact known as the Millenium puzzle, causing his body to play host to a mysterious spirit, a master gambler from the age of the Pharaoh's known as Yu - Gi - Oh.

In a quest that takes Madriani from California to Mexico and the Guatemalan border, he discovers that while the motive to kill may be driven by distant, exotic, and ancient artifacts, the killer, like a serpent, lies much closer at hand.

Archeologists have found many artifacts, dating back to Babylonian times, and there are images of Dane - like dogs on ancient Egyptian buildings, dating from 3000 B. C.

Ibizan Hound dog breed's history can be traced back to 3400 B.C. in ancient Egypt, where artifacts from many well - known tombs bear a striking resemblance to today's dogs.

History: Basenjis are an ancient breed whose origin is possibly Egypt via Egyption artifacts, however, their identity history is from Central Africa when civilization was in its infancy.

The museum houses ancient artifacts, including the Coppa di Nestore (mentioned in Homer's Iliad), from the ancient Greek settlement of Pithecusae.

World travelers with a passion for high adventure and magnificent interiors, the Sackmans have brought together the finest places from their extensive collection to present a lodge with distinct international decor, a personally acquired 3,000 - bottle wine cellar, and splendid museum of fine art and ancient artifacts.

The reason is that aside from having beautiful characteristics, most of the caves till this day have ancient Maya artifacts, including sacrificial remains.

Other artifacts include Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (some of the world's oldest writing), Egyptian mummies, a crystal ball owned by China's Dowager Empress, monumental stone sculptures from the ancient Maya and 4,500 - year - old jewelry from the Royal Cemetery at Ur.

Many of the art and artifacts on display come from early expeditions: Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (with some of the world's oldest writing), architectural elements from the 3,200 - year - old palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah, towering ancient Maya stone monuments, evocative masks from West Africa, Buddhist sculptures from China and Native American regalia.

All over the planet people sell items made from non-sustainable hardwoods, endangered species, and ancient artifacts.

Containing over 1,400 artifacts from the end of the Ancient Maya Empire that have lain undisturbed for more than a millennium, the ATM cave was once used by priests to conduct human sacrifices at a time of drought, warfare, and civil strife.

As you reach «The Cathedral», named because of its scale, magnificence and sacredness, you can see giant stalactites hanging from the ceiling, and ancient Maya artifacts including pottery and human bones littering the cave floor.

What To Do The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru as a huge collection of artifacts and even mummies from Peru's ancient cultures.

But when you discover the artifacts from an ancient land, you tear the fabric of time and unveil the world that once was.

The spirits of the pharaohs are angry, coming into the real world because people keep stealing and abusing artifacts from their ancient tombs.

In order to recover a fabled ancient Indian artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless war profiteer, Chloe Frazer must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross (from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End).

Uncharted — The Lost Legacy (PS4): In order to recover a fabled ancient Indian artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless war profiteer, Chloe Frazer must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross (from UNCHARTED 4: A Thief's End).

You have to team up with the Remnants, the local people keeping evildoers away from their ancient artifacts.