The phrase
"ancient people" refers to individuals who lived a long time ago in history.
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Our distinction between the natural and the supernatural is of course relatively new and quite foreign to the thinking
of ancient peoples.
The scripture was written to and written for and written
by ancient people of an ancient culture living in an ancient time.
Studies such as this are important not only because they provide clues about
how ancient people lived.
I'm a historian who feels a part of a great community and who wants to make sense of
what ancient people said and to appreciate it.
This may be why many
ancient peoples believed that dogs were magical animals that provided protection and benefits from the powers of the universe.
The distinction between medicine and mind - altering drug may have been lost
on ancient peoples.
This is not proof of anything but the fact that
ancient people told stories about the events and places of their lives and eventually, someone wrote them down.
But some researchers aren't convinced and say the genetic data aren't strong enough to connect
ancient people known by their DNA to any particular language.
By sweeping the darker desert soil off the bright limestone underneath,
ancient peoples created white lines that are easily visible at great distances.
The Chinese built gigantic wooden boats, so it is not really impossible that a really huge wooden boat could not have been built by
ancient people without divine guidance.
Ancient people left clues of a comet strike 13,000 years ago that caused a period of climate change and helped create farming as we know it today.
And now, a study describes the extent to which
ancient peoples changed the distribution of trees in the forest around them.
One thing is clear:
ancient peoples relied upon a great diversity of plant species as food and medicine: and oftentimes, they were the same thing.
It is really amazing how
much ancient people could do without the advanced technology we have today.
Any «inspired» bible a work of men, reflecting the morals and knowledge
of ancient people.
Many
ancient people believed that the sun was a god and that winter came every year because the sun god had become sick and weak.
For
many ancient peoples, basic elements such as earth, air, wind and fire formed the essence of the cosmos.
I've come to the conclusion that the Bible is as full of mythology as the writings of
other ancient peoples, and that the New Testament doesn't actually support the theology of salvation, heaven, and Jesus» divinity that most Christians hold.
«Otzi Iceman had genetic predisposition for atherosclerosis: Much the same
in ancient peoples as it is today.»
The Israelites wrote
as ancient people, and their argument for why Yahweh is above all the others gods (see, for example, Psalm 95) only worked because of the shared mythic categories between Israel and her neighbors.»
Even before people discovered how to distill plants to create aromatic fragrances,
ancient people made simple perfumes through infusion (discussed below).
How did
ancient people come to venerate meteorites, or meteorite craters, without witnessing the moment of impact?
... If contemporary people don't see in us what
ancient people saw in Christ, it can only be because the love that was present in Christ isn't present in us.
modern slavery is connected to bad things, but slavery of that time was not like you see today, at least under
Gods ancient people.
So what were
ancient people looking for when striking up friendships with the feathered animals — or any other creatures?