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At the beginning of the modern era, two events took place that were at the base of non-Western, Byzantine Europe: the break - up of ancient Byzantium and of its historical continuity with the Roman Empire; and the establishment of a second Europe, with a new capital in Moscow, whose borders extended eastward, and of a type of pre-colonial structure in Siberia.

(CNN)- Archaeologists are reveling in the discovery of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel, a «monumental» structure with a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription.

It makes comparisons with the content, literary style and structure of other ancient Near Eastern texts.

Actually, that is how the ancient Hebrews thought the «universe» was structured and it would have made more sense for their God to make something so economical rather than a super vast, almost completely empty expanse with us just a tiny island.

Recalling the lives of the consecrated virgins who lived during the few centuries prior to the emergence of structured religious orders, Dohen claimed for herself an ancient precedent for the life of freedom and union with God.

The English law is inseparably bound up with the history and structure of the Inns of Court, those ancient collegiate societies to which, until recently, every barrister had to belong, and which, in my days as a student, insisted that you could not be called to the Bar without first dining for a requisite number of nights in the Hall of your Inn.

Following Wittgenstein's idea of «family - resemblance theory,» he compares the generic features of ancient Lives — such as length, style, atmosphere, purpose, external structure, and so on — with those of the gospels.

If it gives us a sense that we come from nowhere, that our past is inchoate and our tradition shallow, so that we begin to doubt our own identity and some of the sensitive among us flee to more ancient lands with more structured traditions, it also gives us our openness to the future, our sense of unbounded possibility, our willingness to start again in a new place, a new occupation, a new ideology.

CNN: Mosaic in Israel shows biblical Samson Archaeologists are reveling in the discovery of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel, a «monumental» structure with a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription.

Not only its aesthetic value, which is apparent in the power of its expression, in the depth of its sensitivity, and in its monumental structure; but also its content — the bold and colossal struggle with the ancient, and at the same time always new, human problem of the meaning of suffering — all this puts the work, in its universal significance, in a class with Dante's Divine Comedy and Goethe's Faust.8

What is needed at the present time, then, is a theology of sin that builds upon the work of the persons cited here, but that can develop a stronger connection between social structures and individuals, and with the ancient insights concerning original sin.

I am intrigued by the creative possibilities of ancient - future worship — liturgical structure overlaid with image, music and movement, technologically aware but refusing to flaunt it.

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..

Applying modern experimental technology to these organisms that, despite their simplicity, still share a large molecular similarity with the nervous systems of vertebrates, enabled identification of ancient and therefore fundamental principles of nervous system structure and function.

«But with the information from the several individuals available for ancient DNA sequencing we do have hints at interesting population structure, migration and interaction in East Asia.»

However, similarities in the brain shape between the ancient species and diving birds living today suggest that diving behavior may be associated with certain anatomical structures in the brain.

This large - scale fold structure is a witness of ancient deformation associated with the rise of the Pyrenees in the middle Eocene, 45 Million years ago.

Fiori's work is building a new understanding of how ancient engineers worked with the environment to simply and effectively build lasting structures.

The scientists identified 656 zircons containing dark specks that could be revealing and closely analyzed 79 of them with Raman spectroscopy, a technique that shows the molecular and chemical structure of ancient microorganisms in three dimensions.

For each major vertebrate group, ancient and modern (and with no particular emphasis on ours), Bonnan examines the skeleton to see how structure relates to function using plain analogies: basic body plan is likened to a car chassis, jaws to scissors or nutcrackers, eyes to camera lenses.

Walking upright is one of the defining features of the human lineage, and as feet are the only structure that make contact with the ground in bipeds, they can tell us a lot about our ancient relatives» way of moving.

Probing the finer details of those ancient, extragalactic stars» chemical structures would take many years, even with the most powerful telescopes on Earth or in space.

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.

In the second model (Fig. 3C), population structure was present among Late Pleistocene horses in Eurasia, with the ancient horse population originating, albeit earlier, from a similar background to the ancestral population of domesticated horses, whereas Przewalski's horses derived from a different background.

These ancient genomes reveal predomestic population structure and a significant fraction of genetic variation shared with the domestic breeds but absent from Przewalski's horses.

The newly found structures, according to researchers, are tiny bumps with their shapes and internal layering strongly resembling both ancient and modern stromatolites.

The ACC and FI, though sometimes considered ancient in phylogeny, feature a large bipolar projection neuron, the von Economo neuron (VEN), which is found only in humans, apes, and selected whales - all large - brained mammals with complex social structures.

The main camp of Astero is as massive as you expect, with tons of NPCs, stores, structures and side distractions in between your main quest givers, while every hunting location from the starting Ancient Forest to the aesthetically breathtaking Coral Highlands are massive and full of unique flora, fauna and terrain.

The idea that books can be beneficial dates back to ancient Greece, where libraries were considered sacred structures with curative powers.

In other words, the rigid structure of the symposium could lead to a broad range of outcomes — sometimes pleasant, but more often less so — and ancient Greek drinking culture left participants with little option but to follow the symposiarch - led herd.

The ceremony is an ancient tradition that takes place in a sweat lodge (essentially an igloo shaped structure with blankets over it to trap the heat in), in which a shaman places heated volcanic rocks in a center pit and tops them with various herbs and water to create incredible amounts of steam.

Attracting millions of visitors each year, this vibrant coastal town is teeming with natural and manmade sightseeing opportunities, from Buddhist pagodas and well - preserved structures dating back to the ancient Champa Kingdom to verdant mountain ranges, untouched islets and natural hot springs.

We hopped on bikes and forged on with Hector leading the way to two ancient ball stadiums and other interesting structures.

Cusco's history is one contested with the ruins of the ancient Inca empire that provide the foundations for the superimposed Spanish structures that have been around since the conquest of the Incas themselves.

Dotted around Guatemala, Northern Belize, Mexico and Honduras are remains of structures, buildings and monuments built by the Mayan people; an ancient civilization with a very rich history.

Those bitten by the culture and adventure bug can explore the nearby Manzanillo village, which even now sports the ancient Caribbean town look with vibrantly painted structures and hot stove meals.

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.

You can see amazing limestone structures chiseled with ornate carvings in this can't - miss ancient citadel.

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

Discover the wondrous man - made structures of Peru, the diversity of Bolivia with its salt flats and underground cave systems, then experience the unique eco-systems of Chile and ancient cultures of the Atacama.

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

Located in Phan Thiet, Mui Ne spans 15 kilometres of sandy beaches with a diverse range of restaurants and retail outlets as well as unique natural formations, verdant mountains, and historical structures of the ancient Champa Kingdom.

It is an expansive ruins site with a variety of well - preserved and maintained ancient structures to explore.

The closest archaeological site to Belize City, this ancient Mayan ceremonial center has 2 main plazas with over 13 excavated temples and residential structures.

The main camp of Astero is as massive as you expect, with tons of NPCs, stores, structures and side distractions in between your main quest givers, while every hunting location from the starting Ancient Forest to the aesthetically breathtaking Coral Highlands are massive and full of unique flora, fauna and terrain.

You will go through deserts, ice - planets, jungles and ancient alien structures, with a lot of detail in each; you can practically feel the heat on one of the desert planets thanks to some convincing lighting effects.

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.

It features some procedural generation and a «Metroidvania» structure, along with a Lovecraft - inspired aesthetic of tentacled horrors and ancient, unspeakable ruins.

The clip rounds out with what looks like an impending eclipse over four ancient pyramid structures while Lara stands atop one of them.

In Rome, Hart visited funerary monuments with Katherine Huemoeller, a researcher from Princeton University whose recent investigations has led Huemoeller to focus on gaining an understanding of family relationships and structures in ancient Rome.