Sentences with phrase «ancient cultures studied»

This further supports the hypothesis that the two ancient cultures studied were distinct, and that they retained distinct technological / cultural differences during an extended period of close proximity and peaceful co-existence.

Not exact matches

We have landed on the moon, found a cure for small pox, «linked» the evolution of man to a cytoplast, found and studied ancient cultures.

Called «Etz Hayim» («Tree of Life» in Hebrew), it offers an interpretation that incorporates the latest findings from archaeology, philology, anthropology and the study of ancient cultures.

But as I've already stated, a knowledge of ancient Middle Eastern culture plus a study of the Hebrew text itself does not support that interpretation.

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

Called Tree of Life'it offers an interpretation that incorporates the latest findings from archaeology, philology, anthropology and the study of ancient cultures.

The rise of modern science is chiefly to be seen in the Renaissance, which revived the study of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

The relation between the study of ancient Near Eastern cultures and the practice of preaching, for example, needs to be given theological articulation.

Furthermore, anyone who has studied ancient Near Eastern culture knows that the familial structure we see represented in scripture was nothing like the nuclear family epitomized by the Cleavers, but would rather have included multiple generations and relatives living together in clans, with women working long hours «outside of the home» in the fields, tending sheep, gathering food, trading goods, etc..

The more I studied ancient cultures the more I came to understand that ALL religions were born of men at some point in history.

The study of ancient liturgical materials is a potent antidote to the cultural captivity of Christianity in this or any other culture, for liturgies embody ancient wisdom.

With this introduction, we will look at the extent of the Wisdom Tradition in the Biblical books, the renewed interest of the scholars in the wisdom studies, and the Wisdom parallels in the Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.

the average ancient believed that the body was a container of the thoughts which made you... call a soul if you wish, i have studied all i can of all ancient cultures i can find... the most ancient egpytians had the closest thing you could argue is a soul but even they don't call it nor treat it like those of the followers of jesus.

Most of my time abroad has been spent on Crete studying the life and work of Nikos Kazantzakis (cf. Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, Saviors of God and Report to Greco) and the ancient Minoan culture.

With the exception of the fertile river valleys along which agriculture began, civilizations generally lasted 800 to 2,000 years, and geoarchaeological studies have now shown a connection between soil erosion and the decline of many ancient cultures.

By comparing the genomes to one another as well as to those of nearly 240 previously studied ancient people from nearby regions and about 2,600 present - day people, the researchers learned that the first farming cultures in the Levant, Iran and Anatolia were all genetically distinct.

Prof. Gopher, Prof. Ran Barkai and PhD candidate Miki Ben - Dor, all of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, co-authored the study, which was recently published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

The ancient inhabitants of New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, the zenith of Pueblo culture in the Southwest a thousand years ago, likely had to import corn to feed the multitudes residing there, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

A researcher at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) is studying the ancient Japanese culture of «ama» — women who traditionally free - dive in the sea in search of seaweed, lobsters, snail «turbo» shells and, in the distant past, pearls — and its potential connections to Philippine maritime cultures.

In the new study, an international team extracted ancient DNA from the skeletons of four ancient women from the islands of Vanuatu and Tonga, dated to 2300 to 3100 years ago, including three directly associated with the Lapita culture.

A 2,700 - year - old portico was discovered this summer on the site of the ancient city of Argilos in northern Greece, following an archaeological excavation led by Jacques Perreault, Professor at the University of Montreal's Centre of Classical Studies and Zisis Bonias, an archaeologist with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

«While the precise implications of the CI eruption for cultures and livelihoods are best understood in the context of archaeological data sets,» write Black and colleagues, the results of their study quantitatively describe the magnitude and distribution of the volcanic cooling and acid deposition that ancient hominin communities experienced coincident with the final decline of the Neanderthals.

«In this very small volume of messed - up corroded metal you have packed in there enough knowledge to fill several books telling us about ancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the AncientAncient World.

Since 2008 I have worked with Yoga teachers, Spiritual Gurus, Shaman elders, great wisdom teachers and healers, studied and practiced a variety of holistic modalities and ancient teachings, from those found within the pages of the Bhagavad Gita and in Vedic Culture to working with the powerful healing properties of crystals, and have expanded and experienced healing on deep and profound levels.

By studying the culture and politics of both ancient Greece and the 20th Century, this course asks questions including, «How do we decide who is a hero and who is a villain?»

Fourth grade students shared time with a hieroglyphics expert to add some layers of context and understanding to their ongoing study of Egypt and ancient Egyptian cultures

VocabularySpellingCity has numerous ready - made lists for U.S History, U.S. States & Regions, Modern History, Ancient World Cultures, as well as social studies lessons for younger students like The World Around Me, Neighborhood Life, and Community Life.

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.

Through our academic publishing program, we seek to meet the publication needs of the religious studies academic community worldwide with works on the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, New Testament and Greek language, biblical theology, Judaism, patristics, church history, historical theology, practical theology, and religion and culture.

By studying ancient China, we find a culture that contributed invaluable gifts of technology, philosophy, and art that still inform our understanding of today's world.

With a good command of the English and French languages, my research interests have been particularly focused on Cultural Studies (Folk Culture, Mythology, Ancient lore, Superstition and Popular Beliefs, Life After Death... [Read more...]

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The exhibition continues with the Bureau for the Centre of the Study for Surrealism and its Legacy, a recreation of a 1920s curator's office filled with evocative objects, artefacts and specimens from ancient and modern culture.

She has traveled widely in India, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Morocco, Turkey, Mexico and throughout Europe, where the study of ancient cultures often provided inspiration for her work.

Worley, who focused on Etruscan studies for her master's work, finds that the rich stories of ancient culture can still be quite poignant today.

Like German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys, with whom he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Kiefer confronts the past by referencing such myths as Isis and Osiris, the ancient Egyptian myth of destruction and regeneration, and the history of German philosophy and culture.

Artist and film - maker Ken McMullen's powerful study of Greek culture and politics, both ancient and modern, fuses acute dramatisations of Antigone with portraits of contemporary resilience.

It resonates in both the paintings» form and the impassioned study of ancient culture and art history from which the form is generated.

Entang Wiharso (b. 1967, Tegal, Indonesia) studied painting, graduating from the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta in 1994 and is widely regarded for his dramatic visual language which draws on popular culture and ancient mythology to create unique images of contemporary life.

Bryson brought together a group to take a new, interdisciplinary look at climate, including even an anthropologist who studied the ancient native American cultures of the Midwest.

If you speak more than one language, have expertise in ancient literature, study other cultures or have any other experience where you could be considered an expert, this is the section to list those traits in.