Sentences with phrase «centuries old legend»

But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

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Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40 - year - old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target
The oblivion of prolonged sleep, of hibernation, is an enduring human fantasy from the suspended animation travel of today's space fiction heroes to the old legends of knights who slept under mountains for centuries, awaiting calls to arise and save their nations.
According to Lonely Planet, Cartagena de Indias is the queen of the Caribbean coast, a fairy - tale city of romance, legends and superbly preserved beauty lying within an impressive 13 km of centuries - old colonial stone walls.
Both of the film franchises are currently owned by 20th Century Fox but the 94 - year - old Marvel Comics legend...
Directed by Wong Kar - Wai, the legendary Chinese director and co-starring famous actor Chang Chen and supermodel Du Juan, the film conveys the century - long legend of Chivas Regal 25 Year Old, via a compelling love story.
He needs her to stop a centuries - old legend from unleashing its horrors.
'' «We are going to win a Nobel Prize,» I breathed.As they stay up all night to read the 9th - century Codex, it spills answers to all the burning questions of the thinking Camino pilgrim, including: Is there any chance at all that a Middle Eastern Jew's bones are in a crypt in Santiago de Compostela, Spain?Why, in the cathedrals along the Camino, are there so many portraits of St. James riding his horse over people?Did the legend of James in Spain — and the nation of Spain, sort of — really begin with a scribal error in an old manuscript — the modern equivalent of a typo?We're spirited to early 800s northwestern Spain, where King Alfonso II is in a pickle.
Explore the town of Dire Grove — A mystery 1000 of years old The Celtic legend of Dire Grove has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries.
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