Sentences with phrase «ancient civilization at»

Discover the wonders of ancient civilization at the Acropolis, then return to Four Seasons to unwind and relax.

Sample the cuisine at local restaurants and cantinas, explore ancient civilizations at the city of Tulum or get to know nature in one of Riviera Maya's many wildlife parks.

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Visitors will have access to the ancient ruins at Mada'in Saleh, a relic of the same ancient civilization that built the better - known city of Petra in Jordan and a UNESCO world heritage site.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

This is immediately followed by the assertion that the Church's position «is grounded in a proper view of economics, true to the etymology of the term, which emerged in ancient civilizations and in early Christian history to describe the arrangement of a household — God's household, which is ordered and open to those who long to sit at the table which they helped set.»

As for Greco - Roman civilization, it was based squarely on slave labor, and one of the profoundest differences between the ancient Mediterranean culture and our own is that there slavery was taken for granted along with a growing consciousness of the moral compromise it involved with man's best ideals, while with us liberty is taken for granted along with deep ethical discontent at the parallels of slavery, or worse, which exist under the wage system.

In the ultimate whodunit of civilization, the ancient people of Tell Brak were, at the very least, important accomplices.

Each balmy summer brings a swarm of volunteers, many wearing identical yellow T - shirts, who strip away soil and vegetation from the hillside while throngs of tourists hover at the edges, eager for a glimpse of what is said to lie beneath the dirt: the world's oldest and largest pyramids, more vast and ancient than those in Egypt, built by a mysterious and highly advanced civilization that has been long forgotten — until now.

During a four - year excavation of an Etruscan well at the ancient Italian settlement of Cetamura del Chianti, a team led by a Florida State University archaeologist and art historian unearthed artifacts spanning more than 15 centuries of Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilization in Tuscany.

Human sacrifice took place at one time or another in just about every ancient civilization in which someone had the rank and power to decide who died, until the rise of Judeo - Christian and Islamic religions that condemned it.

But one thing hasn't changed: She's still studying climate, only this time through the lens of anthropology, looking at how climate shifts of the past influenced politics in ancient Mayan civilizations.

• A New Look at Old World Money For more than a century, archaeological excavations have uncovered evidence that ancient Bronze Age civilizations carried on long - distance trading of tin, copper, lapis lazuli, and gold.

This find and others nearby (including the ancient city of Caral and a 3,600 - year - old adobe carving of a human sacrifice) are rewriting history by showing that the Americas had booming civilizations at the same time that Mesopotamia was thriving half a world away.

Gladiator sandals have become a universal type of footwear, namely because in ancient civilizations and at the moment these are the preferred footwear of many modern ladies.

Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline) is the soft - spoken professor of ancient western civilization at hoity - toity St. Benedict's prep school fond of making his kids memorize the Roman emperors chronologically, engage in an annual trivia contest to crown «Mr. Caesar,» and solemnly intone Caesar's fatalistic declaration of alea jacta est — «the die is cast» — whether appropriate or not.

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You might overhear them chatting about ancient civilization, or exactly how the sandwiches they ate at lunch are digested by their bodies.

The Social Studies curriculum and instruction includes an in - depth look at the geography, culture, and history of the Eastern Hemisphere; as well as the essential ancient civilizations.

«Now, at night, if you look out over the valley of Oaxaca, cradle of the Zapotec civilization, you will see stars above the dark and ancient mountains, shadows of pyramids on the ridges, maybe the moon rising behind — and down by the baseball stadium, the great golden chichis of Santa McDona.»

In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of the dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of Western civilization and tyranny.

Even if the theories surrounding the beginning of the Shih Tzu's existence are quite numerous, one piece of information is certain: these dogs made a live presence at the ancient Chinese Imperial Court and the breed was so incredibly valued and respected that even when the Chinese people started to trade with Western civilizations, they utterly refused to sell or trade them.

On the heels of the groundbreaking Maya Megalopolis discovery, Ka'ana Resort is offering a travel package designed to give guests a behind - the - scenes look at the ancient civilization, which until now, had been lost beneath the jungles of Belize and Guatemala.

Founded in the 13th century, the ancient Kingdom of Sukhothai was at the heart of the Golden Age of Thai civilization when arts, culture and trade flourished.

At one point this civilization consisted of over 40 cities spread across southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and northern Belize where there are some of the most impressive ruins of these ancient cities that can be visited today.

Once circular, it was known as Strongili, «the Round One», but some 3,600 years ago, at the height of the ancient Minoan civilization, a mighty volcanic eruption caused the centre of Strongili to sink, leaving a water - filled crater — Santorini's famous caldera.

For those hungry for culture, the magnificent ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization, found at Chichen Itza and Coba, are a must - see.

Recent research, however, has provided conclusive evidence that ancient Maya civilization was actually in full bloom by at least 100 B.C. in the late Pre-classic period.

Visit ancient Mayan civilizations like those within the city of Tulum, golf at one of Cancun's lush, green courses or experience the nightlife Cancun is famous for at a local dance club.

- Kataoka believes the world of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the true protagonist of the game - at times, really beautiful and delicate, and other time's it's rough and ruthless - the natural beauty is one of the main appeals of the game - she wanted the music to not just reflect, but also enhance that appeal - she wanted the music to reflect the long History of Hyrule, but also the ordeals of the Link and Zelda of this particular entry - in order to express the idea of a world in ruin, yet so vibrant, she decided to use traditional instruments - these included the shinobue and the erhu, which are not commonly used in orchestras - these contrast the synthesizer sounds of the ancient civilization - the main theme includes chord progressions which are not really suited to classical music - Kataoka wanted reflect Link's 100 - year sleep in the main theme, which explains the rather strange break in the song - the break represents Link taking a «new breath», after 100 years in stasis - the break basically serves as the division between Zelda and the past, and Link and adventure in the present day - she usually does not pay much attention to such details, but had the opportunity to do so this time

At the foot of this tree is supposed to be a legendary treasure left behind by the ancient civilization Lemuria.

At a handful of points you get chased around a labyrinth of corridors by one of the eldritch abominations that destroyed the ancient civilization in the first place.

My Time at Portia features gameplay elements inspired by the likes of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, and the Animal Crossing series mixed with Dark Cloud 2 and Steambot Chronicles, while creating its own unique world set in the lush backdrop of what remains of an ancient civilization.

All we know is that The Behemoth titled this upcoming project «Game 4» at the moment and it has something to do with monsters and an ancient civilization.

Mona Hatoum caught mine, at Alexander and Bonin, with a gleaming circle of black stones harking back to ancient civilizations and earthworks.

Place this legacy within Israel's geographic location at the nexus of ancient European, Arabian, Middle Eastern, and north African civilizations, then add a coastal climate more temperate than inland Jerusalem, and you get a city that — much like Beirut, barely 100 miles to the north — quickly developed into a major hub of contemporary art.

Flyer for the opening celebration of the exhibition «Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization,» December 15, 1985 - February 9, 1986, held at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Photographs of the exhibition «Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization,» December 15, 1985 - February 9, 1986, held at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Almost forty years ago, artist Michele Oka Doner had her first solo museum show at the Detroit Institute of Arts, featuring the large - scale floor installation Pages I and II inspired by ancient civilizations» development of a writing system.

Two curators at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (which hasn't even opened yet) were caught stealing ancient artifacts and replacing them with copies.

Too bad at least one ancient civilization didn't have access to a sediment record like this.

The same is true of the Fertile Crescent (which was, at one point, actually fertile), the Indus Valley, and everywhere else where ancient civilizations once rose and then collapsed as a result of local climate changes, poor soil management, overpopulation, or what have you.

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