Sentences with phrase «dried mud»

This provides strong evidence that the lake is currently liquid, not dried mud.

Finally, it is an effective way to remove dried mud from the fur without bathing.

Based on a quote from a Viet Cong combat strategy by General Vo Nguyen Giap and made out of plates of dried mud with the title looped in neon script around its crown, the Giap Igloo reflects Merz's deep preoccupation with the principals of human existence: shelter, our relationship with nature, and the absurdity of war.

Excavations at Tell Chuera revealed an urban complex dating to the first half of the third millennium B.C.E.. Although Chuera is made of sun - dried mud brick, as was common in the metropolises of southern Mesopotamia, its temples were constructed on monumental stone terraces along a procession road.

And they'll start finding out where their food comes from» — in this case, from the seed - bed shelves (caked with dried mud until HGSE showed up) that run its entire length on either side of a walkway.

Drying mud traps bacteria + dead skin cells, so they're sloughed off when the mask is removed.

Days of childhood, with square - cut hair and dried mud in the outskirts of town, dust behind the streetcar, and on the sidewalk the footsteps of tall, emaciated men earning money to buy bread.

To make it worse, there was dried mud between them and they were ridged, and the ridges were pushing against each other.

Well, well, I've dried the mud off my Manolos and am writing to tell you that attendance was up, caravans of buses smoothed the to and fro for $ 5, the spacious serpentine tent had been extended to accommodate 180 - plus galleries, bottled water could be had for $ 2, and any remaining sour grapes were crushed underfoot by Mayor Bloomberg, who fast - walked his four bodyguards down the three isles at noon as though art were an exercise.

Casts of dried mud dislodged whole from the body, or mummified fragments: Embodied Forms, the first exhibition dedicated to the work of Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz since her death last year at 86, welcomes us with arms, formed or partially formed up to the elbow, from resin - stiffened burlap (From the Anatomy Cycle: Anatomy 21, 29 & 32, 2009)

Dried mud extended up my arms, like a pair of long - sleeved gloves, as if I were dressed for a gala event with forest - fairies.

Working with sun - dried mud brick and mud mortar, masons in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Levant built arches and vaults that were graceful as well as durable.

Then, scrub off the dried mud, which leaves your skin feeling wonderfully smooth.

So to get through, they lifted up the tile, then dug a hole through the sticks and dried mud.

The first signs of life on another planet may not be a complex signal captured by an antenna or images of a scampering creature on the horizon, but a track left in long - dried mud.

The find, based on new radar observations, adds to a deluge of evidence that the moon's lakes are indeed filled with liquid, rather than dried mud.

Dried mud could lead to overheating and we don't have to tell you how bad that is when it happens.

HondaVAC will suck up dog hair, Cheerios or dried mud — and just think how this household extra will go over at the pub.

Whether it's spilled coffee or dried mud, YES Essentials ® advanced repel - and - release technology makes cleanups easy and drying time fast.

Such techniques as building with rectangular sun - dried mud - bricks, imprinting clay with cylinder - seals, the use of certain new styles of ornamentation, and the first attempts at a pictographic system of writing have been traced by some scholars to a Mesopotamian source.

His face, cracked and brown like the dried mud on the riverbank, was furrowed in what was clearly exasperation.

In the center of Mopti, The Great Mosque (or Komoguel Mosque) resembles the well - known Great Mosque of Djenné, built with sun - dried mud bricks.

The lens focuses the sun into a 1,600 - degree point of light that melts the dry mud, transforming it into a black glassy substance.

Lamson excavated the mark by pouring water over it, softening the dry mud on either side of the line and eventually causing the insoluble glass to separate from its muddy surrounding.

Last year, the Amazon rainforest experienced the worst drought on record, reducing normally flowing rivers to sun - baked stretches of dried mud and pushing the fragile ecosystem to the brink.