Sentences with phrase «ancient settlements»

Few researchers today can claim to have laid bare acres of ancient settlements virtually unknown a generation ago.

Then I only got to know the train station with no time to visit this incredible ancient settlement.

An international research collective called the North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation (NABO) has accumulated precise new data on ancient settlement patterns, diet, and landscape.

There are on the island relics of numerous ancient settlements.

Click here to see ancient settlement site photos: Remains of a typical Scottish / Celtic homestead.

The dam is not likely to directly affect the ruins at Jebel Barkal, but its reservoir will submerge ancient settlements, unexcavated graves, rock - art sites, and fortresses for a hundred miles upstream.

In treeless areas, such geographic features often indicate ancient settlements formed from mud - brick structures that later human occupation has compressed over time into artificial hills.

Archaeologists have discovered ancient settlements in supposedly uninhabited parts of the Amazon rainforest, proving that it was heavily influenced by human activities.

Just as big cats such as lions move to follow their food, Felis catus gravitates toward the food sources that are available near human developments, as they did with ancient settlements thousands of years ago.

The Croatian Coast is dotted with a seemingly limitless number of enchanting islands, some miniature and unpopulated and others enormous, majestic and home to charming ancient settlements.

In addition to his scholarly activities, Jose has lead dozens specialized tours and expeditions to many well - known or recently discovered sites in the remote jungles of Mesoamerica and numerous ancient settlements throughout Latin America.

Traverse over chassis - challenging terrain, through mountain streams and past ancient settlements on a journey to the heart of the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Later enjoy a visit to Polignano a Mare, historically one of the most important ancient settlements in the area, and admire this beautiful little town perched on top of a cliff.

They suggest that this pattern could help other scientists to discover as yet unknown ancient settlements in the Amazon.

To help clear up the evolution of farming in the West, the investigators compared genetic information from Europeans living during the Neolithic period (a.k.a. the late Stone Age, 10,000 - 4,000 years ago; the chronology varies between Europe and the Near East) with that from nine individuals excavated from two ancient settlements in Anatolia (the area between the Black and the Mediterranean Seas).

The Europeans had promised to restore Greek political control over their ancient settlements in Asia Minor.

A 3,100 - year - old jewelry stash was discovered in just such a vessel, unearthed from an ancient settlement in Israel called Megiddo in 2010.

Krause turned to a collection of 151 mummy heads from the ancient settlement of Abusir el - Meleq, about 100 kilometers south of Cairo along the Nile.

Satellite images are less helpful when it comes to the Amazon rainforest, where a thick canopy of vegetation blocks the view of most signs of ancient settlement.

In recent decades, deforestation has helped reveal signs of ancient settlements, such as earthworks.

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

Several of the seaweed species seem to have come from a rocky marine bay that was about 15 kilometres south of the ancient settlement, but three other types are found only on sandy open - ocean shores that, at the time, were 90 km west of the site.

of Djani Bazaar is the site of an ancient settlement, Changar Khan, dating from.

Don't miss the historic ports, ruins of ancient settlements or a sunset over the ocean, watched from a cafe terrace.

Many sign on with tour guides, but you can also rent a car or hike and observe the ancient settlements at your own pace.

The ancient settlements left behind are a focal point for locals and tourists exploring Belize today.

Indeed original remnants of this ancient settlement's foundations are visible throughout the area today.

Visit the Güzelyurt Museum, old town of Lefka and the ancient settlement of Toumba Tou Skourou.

Day 4 Visit the Güzelyurt Museum, old town of Lefka and the ancient settlement of Toumba Tou Skourou.

This ancient settlement has remained virtually unchanged for around 3,000 years.

Each show the signs of careful restoration designed to highlight the ancient settlements of the area beginning with the Romans.

You can find some Incan architecture dotted around the city as the Spanish built Cuenca on the ruins of the Inca's ancient settlement.

Look carefully — shell middens, stone tools and ancient settlements and deeply spiritual places are all around you.

Because of its rich history, Ibiza is home to several UNESCO World Heritage sites, including the ancient settlements at Sa Caleta, the Necropolis of Puig des Molins in nearby Eivissa and the fortified Upper Town of Alta Vila in Ibiza Town.

Cities have always been engines of growth, innovation and opportunity, drawing people from afar since the ancient settlements of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus, and the Yellow River gave urban form to «a certain energized crowding» along their alluvial plains.