Sentences with phrase «ancient times for»

Researchers often look to ancient times for information about the ways species weathered earlier periods of sudden warming.

The stele, her favorite shape, has been used since ancient times for memorial and funerary monuments, and the form gives Ms. Truitt's work an archetypal, timeless feeling.

Cats, of course, have been revered by artists since ancient times for their beauty, grace, independence and air of mystery (or indifference, depending on how you look at them).

Known since ancient times for its hot springs, San Casciano fascinates tourists for its untouched environment, woods and stunning landscape, as well as the historical centre that reflects its medieval structure.

In juice or eating the seeds of the fruit pomegranates were used in ancient times for both medical and health purposes contain no fat and are full of antioxidants but are high in natural sugars.

A herb native to India, Ashwagandha has been cherished since ancient times for its restorative qualities.

Peony has been used since ancient times for its appealing scent, beautiful blooms, and medicinal benefits.

«Baths have been used since ancient times for healing and purification,» says KG Stiles, Oregon (South) director for the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy and author of The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide.

Pomegranates were used in ancient times for both medical and health purposes.

Ginger has been a popular remedy since ancient times for a diverse range of ailments including motion sickness, nausea, migraines, indigestion, sore throats, and even arthritis.

Licorice has been used since ancient times for both its appealing flavor and its medicinal properties.

Tamarind has been used since ancient times for both its flavor and its medicinal benefits, which include lowering blood pressure and relieving constipation.

Massage has been used in many cultures since ancient times for reliving pain, healing and esthetic improvement.

And i don't know why, it's only a feeling that i have, but i think that insects play a major role in ancient times for our diet.

This herbal extract has been used since ancient times for its healing properties.

In fact, turmeric tea (or «golden milk» as it's also called) has been revered since ancient times for its healing properties.

Fennel seed has been in use since ancient times for treating different medical conditions and also to help lactating mothers increase their milk output.

Not exact matches

«It is like being first on the ground in Canada years ago,» Jones says, adding, «There is no local technical knowledge in Egypt because no one has been exploring for what seems like forever, back to ancient times.»

«It might be the best time for any kind of business in any industry to raise money for all of history, like since the time of the ancient Egyptians.»

«Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:» (Isaiah 46:9 - 10)

Given 20 years per generation, and going for 7 million years (estimated time of ancient ape to modern human), you have a possible 21 million gene changes.

Boethius... thx for yr reply... I don't think it's that simple to say that» they got that from reading ancient documents incorrectly»... the specifically Christian apocalyptic thinking that has survived in various theologies, whether traditionally Catholic or the most horrific end time sect appears to have it's roots in both the old and new testaments, but that begs a question.What are those documents?

As for silly people who spend a year or any amount of time trying to live exactly as the ancients lived, by re-enacting practices found in the Bible, they do a great disservice to God's Word and His people.

In the ancient Norse faith, Odin leads a group of Hunters during the time of the Winter Solstice, and they take shelter at a mortal farmstead for the night when a nasty storm hits.

This is a distorted translation... lots of good information comes from ancient books... it's just that the bible is fictional and any useful information can be found anywhere else since the bible plagiarized any real useful information that's in it... like do unto others as you wish them to do to you... is just ancient common sense and has nothing to do with what any fantasy gods might have said... the bible is a waste of time for the stupids.

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

In fact, he used Namaan's healing by Elisha as the ancient Hebrew warrant for his own ministry to the gentiles: «There were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Namaan the Syrian» (Luke 4:27).

Logue deploys Homer's vast historical and linguistic inheritance to create an Iliad that, perhaps for the first time, is not held hostage by a yearning for the lost world of ancient Greek.

The poet dares to echo ancient Lamech with his unrestrained thirst for vengeance, 70 times seven.

In modern times, Christians, upon further analysis of scripture, have come to find out that they were wrong for millennia and that God had been telling us of an ancient, round earth this whole time.

According to some historians, at this time of year, as the days grow darker, ancient Celts would don costumes as stand - ins for deceased spirits, going door - to - door and performing tricks in exchange for treats.

What we know of this process of oral transmission in ancient times, especially among Oriental peoples, gives ground for considerable confidence in its fidelity.

The best and most important evidence for the currency of the eschatological Kingdom of God expectation at the time of Jesus and its lack of definite form is the Kaddish prayer of the ancient synagogue.

David L. Miller, recently reviewing my book The Chickadees in The Christian Century (May 22), has suggested that, as in ancient Greece, «there are two paths in our time, alternative mythologies for a period of crisis: up and out (the rational, heroic, masculine way), and down and in (the mad, mystical, feminine way).»

Ancient Israel takes for granted in her story that the determinative factor in all human events and in all creation is outside and above event and time.

In ancient Hebrew culture, the Mosaic Law instructed the Israelites that one way to provide for the poor and needy in their community during harvest time was to leave the corners of their field unharvested.

I think (western) Christians struggle with simple hospitality — something that in ancient times was simply taken for granted — it was deep in that culture.

This lack of attention to women having sex with each other is understandable because in that ancient time it was thought that only men initiated new life, only men carried the seed for new life.

The scripture was written to and written for and written by ancient people of an ancient culture living in an ancient time.

It is impossible for that ancient culture and that ancient time to be recreated and it is impossible for us to be that ancient people or to live as did that ancient people.

@PUZZLED — well see my issus lies with the fact of how women were treated in ancient times — they were property and so allowing them to go thru all the emotionals and physicals of carrying and then giving birth only to toss it off a cliff isn't what i'd call good parenting — having an abortion for many people who should NEVER have kids is (in my opinion) good parenting!

Philosophers back in ancient times would often develop explanations for light, the different forms of matter (liquid solid gas) the theory of elements, water fire etc..

The Bible itself gives the purpose of prophecy, «Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done...» (Isaiah 46:9, 10, NASB).

For a long time in Western history clergymen, like the priests of ancient Egypt, were the only learned group and hence represented the mystery and power of learning.

But in ancient times as well as in the Middle Ages people were aware of the need of solitude and had respect for what it signifies.

Without even recounting the crucifixion, Bell presented such vivid images of the patterns of sacrifice in the ancient Near East (the cultural setting for the sacrifice of Isaac) that by the time we got to the story of Jesus, our hearts and minds were connecting the dots.

For example, «the fresh and vivid style of Mark» has been explained as the result of Peter's vivid personal recollections — forgetting that people did not usually write that way in ancient times, but far more prosaically, far less romantically; the exploitation of literary personality is a very modern innovation.

Perhaps it was even time for God to fulfill some of the ancient prophecies and restore the throne of David.

At one time, it was important for Christians to be able to point to a long and ancient history — that time has past.

As for what goes on inside it, the great adversarial parties which in my time still reflected the ancient divisions of our people, have both died.