Sentences with phrase «most ancient work»

The most ancient work is the Instruction to Ptahotep dating from around 2400 BC.

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«The ancient Romans had a tradition: Whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: He stood under the arch.»

The Author correctly says «The Bible is an ancient collection of letters, laws, poetry, proverbs, histories, prophecies, philosophy and stories spanning multiple genres and assembled over thousands of years» but she forgot the most important thing - the bible is mostly a work of fiction.

The bible is in fact one of the most accurate ancient historical texts, much more so than the often accepted works of Homer.

Which is appropriate, after all, since most of the ancient thinkers who have inspired her work certainly understood that our quest for eudaimonia is profoundly dependent upon the social order in which we live and think.

As Gerhard von Rad has established in his great work, The Theology of the Old Testament, and principally in volume one, «The Theology of Traditions,» Israel essentially confessed God through the ordering of its sagas, traditions, and stories around a few kernel events from which meaning spread out through the whole structure.4 Von Rad believes he has discovered the most ancient kernel of the Hebraic Credo in a text such as Deut.

With that in mind, I have noticed that many, if not most new converts can have, in all appearances, a genuine spiritual experience before any high doctrine of «scriptural authority ever enters their head.Now, some may say that just how it works, first you crawl, then you walk... baby food, then the meat, but this is my point... the world is full of «spiritual meatheads»... there are so many believers who wdn't know an original thought, unless of course, they cd find the chapter and verse to unequivocally support it.Is it so difficult to comprehend how a collection of ancient documents may not be the final, complete and indisputable Word of God, but mere human artifacts, sometimes godly, sometimes not, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering.?

Homer's Iliad, the most renowned book of ancient Greece, is the second best - preserved literary work of all antiquity, with 643 copies of manuscript support discovered to date.

Although the complex moral ability called courage, highly honored by the ancients and ignored by most non-existentialist modern philosophers, is not directly named by Whitehead, it is directly implicated throughout his works in discussions of tragedy and heroism.

Most of my time abroad has been spent on Crete studying the life and work of Nikos Kazantzakis (cf. Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, Saviors of God and Report to Greco) and the ancient Minoan culture.

The most recent and competent spade work at the site of ancient Jericho returns the verdict that no trace of Israelite violence in the thirteenth century is to be found.

In excavating for the works, a large number of animal remains, ancient coins, and other curious objects were found, most of which have been deposited in the British Museum.»

While Duhig herself is entirely freelance for both ancient and forensic anthropology and teaching (she has a one - person company called Gone to Earth), most forensic anthropologists have university posts or work for archaeological field units and are called out when necessary.

In the most traditional sense, archaeologists» work might go like this: They'll go to an ancient site, dig a few trenches and systematically record all the artifacts and architectural features they found buried underground.

One of the most significant implications of their work is that the state of degradation of ancient paper can be measured and quantified by evaluation of the concentrations of chromophores in cellulose fibers.

«They have worked 16 times longer than planned, driven 20 times farther than planned, and, most important, found diverse geological records of the effects of water in ancient Martian environments,» he said.

And now, there is a beautifully written book on the subject, HOW TO CLONE A MAMMOTH: The Science of De-extinction, by Beth Shapiro at UC Santa Cruz, where she does most of our ancient DNA analysis and supervises Ben Novak's graduate work.

He integrates ancient DNA, evolutionary and ecological analyses in most of his work and also has an interest in high throughput diagnostic methods.

Rather than seeking dietary villains from among our most ancient traditional foods to blame for our most recent modern diseases, we should elaborate our understanding of how the many components within successful traditional diets work together to promote radiant and vibrant health.

It's an ancient empiric formulation that I worked on with one of the most renowned herbalists in the country.

Michael Armstrong, author of several books on human capital and performance management, is quoted as saying, «The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.»

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Inarguably, it is true that the ancient book is the most imperceptible work in the known literature of human race.

«The Old English Sheepdog is one of the most ancient of British working breeds and has become one of the most instantly reconizable breeds of dog in the world and one of the most popular show dogs.

The classical era is still evident in the city, which is bursting with ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark for early Western civilization.

The region is rich in cultural history, as demonstrated by the Greco Ruins at Empuries, the rustic architecture, the Tossa de Mar's ancient castle and the Salvador Dali Museum, which exhibits the work of the Costa Brava's most famous resident.

Sonic and friends — Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and the newest member of the team, Sticks — will work together as they face their most powerful enemy yet: Lyric, a giant and monstrous snake - like creature from an ancient race.

Unlike most other Harvest Moon titles, instead of working on the usual farm, all of the farmland resides on top of a set of ancient ruins.

One of his most recent works, Šuillakku — corral version (2014), a large - scale sound installation that creates a hybrid between the music of non-Western and Western cultures and is inspired by the ancient Assyrian empire, was the subject of an exhibition at the New Museum in the spring 2014.

While it is one of the most ancient and universal forms of human expression, jewellery has an ambiguous status, mid-way between fashion and sculpture, and is rarely considered to be a work of art.

The gallery's most recent Barney show, «DJED» (2011), featured three large sculptures, part of the «Ancient Evenings» project the artist had worked on since 2007.

«Everything flows» may be the most common translation of the ancient Greek phrase Panta Rhei — the title of this latest exhibition of paintings by Keith Tyson — but the idea of a seamless transition from one thing to another, which the term suggests, seems less appropriate to Tyson's work than the alternative definition «All things are in flux», with its emphasis on the potentially more unsettling idea of constant change.

The cypress tree, which is among the most ancient trees of the Mediterranean region, and is one of the classic symbols of the area's various cultures, is the most central element in Rovner's new works.

Her most recent work, exhibited at Gotham Center in May 2012 for the LIC Arts Open, transforms recyclables and plastic bags into sculptures inspired by Buddhist temples and ancient ruins.

One of his most known works though is belonging to the movement, and it is the Venus of the rags: the statue we see from behind is a copy of an ancient greek one, and it's made of marble (so it's now clear that we don't see only poor materials!)

This may be the most «woke» room in any mainstream American museum today, with works by Native American, African - American and female artists far outnumbering the only work by a white man, a virtuosic sepia - toned «landscape» of broken and toppled ancient statuary.

With roots dating back to 1823, the Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the United States, with a collection representing nearly every culture, ranging from some of the most important ancient Egyptian works in the nation; to the arts of the Pacific Islands, Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; to American and European art; to international contemporary works.

Preferring to work in bronze, «the most visually expressive material» according to Namdakov, his work submerges the viewer into the world of ancient legends, horsemen, warriors, shamans and Buddhist lamas.

Preferring to work in bronze, «the most visually expressive material» according to Namdakov, his work submerges the viewer into the world of ancient legends, of horsemen, warriors, shamans and Buddhist lamas.

His most memorable work is still a photograph he took of a photo of a 10 - year - old Brooke Shields, standing naked in a tub, shrouded in steam, her hair and face made up, her body oiled like some ancient - days courtesan, which a photographer named Gary Gross had taken at Shields's mother's own behest.

Unlike most of the artists exhibited in Venice, Wilson created site - specific work, scavenging Venetian culture to construct a uniquely Wilsonian view of blacks, past and present, in the ancient city.

A liminal motif in Longly's work, the snake is a communication tool used in humanity's most ancient rituals.»

To avoid giving your reader a headache by supplying your ancient work history, focus the most attention on the last 10 - 15 years of your experience.

With records dating back to the year 1773, the Little Greene paint works of Collyhurst Wood, on the outskirts of Manchester is one of England's most ancient...