Sentences with phrase «ancient equivalent»

«The protection of wealth by burying it in the ground was a sort of ancient equivalent for the modern safety deposit box.»

But since it suggests that the Bible uses the ancient equivalent of words like «boner,» well, I can predict what sort of comments it will receive...

Its the ancient equivalent of «Cause my mommy said so».

... were involved in one of their many endeavors, in this case the ancient equivalent of a «door man» and a «bartender».

Apocrypha were the ancient equivalent of horror stories, written to frighten and entertain the public, much the same way that Shakespearean plays did in the 1600s and Stephen King novels do today.

Microbes in Kabuno Bay metabolize iron and grow at rates high enough to indicate their ancient equivalents deposited some of the world's largest sedimentary iron ore deposits.

The microbes metabolize iron and grow at rates high enough to indicate their ancient equivalents were capable of depositing some of the world's largest sedimentary iron ore deposits, known as banded iron formations.

Dental plaque preserved in fossilized teeth confirms that Neandertals were flexible eaters and may have self - medicated with an ancient equivalent of aspirin.

Bog butter was no doubt the ancient equivalent of edible gold!

The «bark» was introduced by crossing the «Techichi» with the ancient equivalent to the «Chinese Crested».