Sentences with phrase «into ancient civilizations»

All very interesting looks into ancient civilizations, with not a whit of verifiable evidence for any of their supernatural stories.
The rose - red city of Petra provides modern travelers a glimpse into an ancient civilization.
The rose - red city of Petra provides modern travelers a glimpse into an ancient civilization.

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It also made possible new adventures of the human spirit, for it was like a great reservoir into which the currents of ancient civilization flowed, and out of which rose all the streams of later history in the western world.
Dionysius argued that, just as the Romans had come to regard the foundation of Rome as the beginning of the civilization of ancient Rome, so the coming of Jesus Christ into the world marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the world — the Christian era.
future civilizations will study our society after it crumbles, and our policy shaping, thought controlling religious views will be lumped into the same category as the ancient greek myths, norse gods, and native american shamanism.
The unveiling of a 4,000 - year - old civilization calls into question conventional ideas about ancient culture, trade, and religion.
Players will come upon points of interest as they explore the world, characters they can interact with, and they can delve into dungeons and uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations.
Among the film composers who've incorporated the often - mystical sounds of ancient ethnic music into western civilization's more straight - laced approach to movie scoring, the creative explorations of Mychael Danna has managed to turn soundtracks into a state of Zen.
Rather than idle away precious hours on trivial stories or randomly chosen nonfiction, reading, writing, and listening instruction would be built into the study of ancient civilizations in first grade, for example, Greek mythology in second, or the human body in third.
For instance, the tablets used by the ancient Egyptians suffered from poor mobility as they were too heavy to be carried around, made of a solid block of stone as they are while tablet from the Mayan civilization is depicted to have a self destruct feature built into it that won't exist post 2012.
In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history.
In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of the dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of Western civilization and tyranny.
In the myths and legends of ancient civilizations one can find a large number of confirmations of the «transformation» of a man into a woman, or vice versa, and this was written about as a quite ordinary phenomenon.
With its labyrinth of underground cities and multicolored rock formations that spiral into the sky, ancient civilizations have thrived in this arid desert landscape for more than 8,000 years.
Nature lovers can also plan trips into a network of mangrove channels and canals where an ancient civilization once thrived.
Since the 19th century historians have used a common division into historical periods for all the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica.
Belize is a small country nestled in the heart of the ancient Mayan civilization where lush tropical and jungle mountain terrain leads down to long stretches of beautiful beach fronts and extends into the amazing Meso - American barrier reef, the second largest barrier reef system in the world.
Considered one of the most popular tours in Costa Maya, the Chacchoben Mayan Ruins tour takes you deep into the heart of an ancient civilization to learn the mystery behind the Mayan cosmology.
By watching this documentary you will gain useful insight into the fascinating world of the ancient Maya civilization — from their rise to fall.
The first game from PolyKnight Games, and originally funded on Kickstarter, InnerSpace is a dizzying and dazzling journey of discovery into the heart of the Inverse, a dying realm where entire civilizations have perished, yet ancient gods still wander.
There's a real sense of thought put into Extinction «s story, which tells the tried - and - true formula of ancient warriors with superhuman abilities defending a collapsing civilization.
Players will come upon points of interest as they explore the world, characters they can interact with, and they can delve into dungeons and uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations.
Traveling through the inside of a giant mountain, they breathe life into an ancient sleeping world and explore the ruins of a long lost civilization.
Ancient Amuletor is an action tower defense game that throws you into an ancient times of civilization where you'll be battling magical creatures, evil monsters and legendary foes in single - player and cooperative multiplayer for up to three pAncient Amuletor is an action tower defense game that throws you into an ancient times of civilization where you'll be battling magical creatures, evil monsters and legendary foes in single - player and cooperative multiplayer for up to three pancient times of civilization where you'll be battling magical creatures, evil monsters and legendary foes in single - player and cooperative multiplayer for up to three players.
Total War, a series known for playing with history, allowing fans to take control of famous civilizations and ancient battles was now stepping into a world of fantasy.
Players will come upon points of interest as they explore the world, characters to interact with, and they can delve into dungeons and uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations.
The hand - drawn images of Johnson reflect a formative interest in 1980's science fiction, horror movies, video games and comic books, creating environments of ancient yet futuristic alien civilization populated by mystic characters like bat - faced demigods, gargoyles, worms and genderless pink humanoids that are contorted into ritualistic positions that waver between torture, rapture and worship.
Place this legacy within Israel's geographic location at the nexus of ancient European, Arabian, Middle Eastern, and north African civilizations, then add a coastal climate more temperate than inland Jerusalem, and you get a city that — much like Beirut, barely 100 miles to the north — quickly developed into a major hub of contemporary art.
His practice is a diverse collage directly on the walls of various buildings, compiled from different elements and imagery from ancient civilizations and subcultures into large - scale totemic assemblages.
Just like his paintings, the new work was rooted in the reduction of the figure into abstract elements with references to both ancient civilizations and to the contemporary world.
You will also be able to discover new adventures which will take you into the Heart of the Maguma Jungle where you will have to battle hordes of Mordremoth's minions, uncover allies from ancient civilizations and take on new enemies.
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