Sentences with phrase «ancient structures»

You'll see 34 ancient structures located over two acres, so allow enough time to see it all.

They're a stunning display of ancient structures set against the turquoise blue ocean waters.

This is considered a small site, but it's certainly a pleasant surprise to find this green oasis of 1000 square meters of jungle with meandering paths leading to a variety of ancient structures in the middle of Cancun's hotel zone.

Although brain - imaging studies of human participants watching funny cartoons or listening to jokes reveal the activation of evolutionarily ancient structures such as the amygdala and nucleus accumbens, more recently evolved, «higher - order» structures are also activated, including distributed regions of the frontal cortex.

From ape to human, the brain grows about fourfold, but most of that increase occurs in the cortex, not in more ancient structures.

One circuit encompasses evolutionarily ancient structures such as the amygdala, insula, and nucleus accumbens, which handle strong emotions, attention, vigilance, and reward.

This clump of neurons sits within the hypothalamus, an evolutionarily ancient structure at the bottom - center of the brain.

The researchers, including Stanford's Schnitzer, used the same microscopic technique as Dulac's team but implanted the lens in the ventromedial hypothalamus, an evolutionarily ancient structure involved in social behavior.

Ancient structures possibly built by early hominids raise many of the same puzzles as our quest for life elsewhere does

It shows a young open cluster of stars known as NGC 2367, an infant stellar grouping that lies at the center of an immense and ancient structure on the margins of the Milky Way.

We are evaluating similar manipulations at the primary level [ancient structures].

Pretty big when the mountain is the Great Pyramid, as Mark The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest ancient structure in the world.

Then, we felt like true explorers who had just stumbled upon mysterious ancient structures in a jungle clearing.

The Mayan ruins contains almost 7,000 ancient structures including one of the tallest Maya pyramid ever built.

Located east of the Nunnery, the Puuc - style Akab Dzib is thought by some archaeologists to be the most ancient structure excavated at Chichen Itza.

The excavated area contains 47 ancient structures which formed the center of a small city devoted to maritime trade and fishing.

Purple mist descending over a mysterious village with a mile high ancient structure looming in the background or billions of lights illuminating a cyberpunk city are just some of the many breathtaking environments I went through, all the while chopping enemies to bits and bouncing around the map.

Finally, the Izilia are a largely agricultural culture who worship the sun, practice ritual sacrifice, and create ancient structures like stone circles, burial mounds, and pit houses.

Shi Zhiying has become well known in her native China for stark monochromatic paintings of uniform vistas — open water, Zen sand gardens, carpets of grass, facades of weathered ancient structures — that flood the viewer's field of vision.

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Taking inspiration from Islamic tiling, non-Western ancient structures, and Renaissance architecture, Jaray creates works that explore the enigmatic relationship between space, form and colour.

The heavily textured work in STRIATIONS brings to mind ancient structures or rock formations that have been eroded over hundreds of years, or completely obliterated.

Much the nation's housing stock is made up of ancient structures with leaky, poorly insulated windows.

The striatum is part of the basal ganglia, a group of ancient structures located deep in the brain.

Damage to certain evolutionarily ancient structures in the brainstem robs people of consciousness entirely, leaving them in a coma or a persistent vegetative state.

Another beautiful villa to visit is the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, full of ancient structures, fountains, sculptures, a beautiful garden and yet another breathtaking panorama.

Now researchers from Tel Aviv University have found an ancient structure deep beneath the waves as well.

By looking at the number of muons that arrived at different locations within the pyramid and the angle at which they were travelling, Morishima and his team mapped out cavities within the ancient structure.

An ancient structure called the ventral tegmental area (VTA) controls our ability to use past experience as a predictor of future reward.

The ancient structures — more than 330 meters inside the current entrance to the cave — include a scattering of small, deliberately arranged heaps of stone along with two large rings, one about 2.2 meters across and the other nearly three times that size.

Most strikingly, evolutionarily ancient structures - located deep inside the brain - are more fundamentally changed than previously assumed.

THE PYRAMID A team of archeologists unearths an ancient structure in the Egyptian desert.

Lost Civilizations from Above gives a bird's eye view of ruins and ancient structures that exist to this day.

For example, they can walk through the halls of an ancient structure or conduct a science experiment without handling volatile chemicals.

Likewise, negative emotions are seated in an ancient structure of the brain called the amygdala.

It's amazing when you consider the fact that these ancient structures span more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history.

And I definitely want to write about the delicate indigo light in the Syrian Desert and the way it illuminates the ancient structures of Palmyra.

In Dubrovnik, buildings in the Old Town area look old and crumbly but in fact the city government has been rigorous in implementing modern reinforcement techniques to stabilize the ancient structures so do n`t worry too much but be prepared if you feel some tremors.

Then the travel bug crept out of the ancient structure and bit me hard.

On our final day we hike to the Sun Gate of Intipunku for views of Machu Picchu before walking down to the ancient structure itself for a morning of exploration.

The ruins of the ancient structures had their stones reused for residential construction of the agricultural village of Rockstone Pond in modern times, but the ancient site did not come to the attention of archeologists until 1963, when the existence of a sizable ancient site was recognized from the air by pilot and amateur Mayanist Hal Ball.

This evil queen gesture seems appropriate for an ancient structure, laden with Mayan symbolism.

Bucharest alone is well - worth a visit with cobbled streets lined with cafés, galleries and ancient structures.

These ancient structures can be seen around the edges of the lake, together with native plants, frogs and over 100 species of birds — including waterbirds, small «bush» birds, seabirds, waders and some birds of prey.

More than 25 ancient structures are still intact.

The ruins of the ancient structures had their stones reused for residential construction of the agriculturalvillage of Rockstone Pond in modern times, but the ancient site did not come to the attention of archeologists until 1963, when the existence of a sizable ancient site was recognized from the air by pilot and amateur Mayanist Hal Ball.