Our distinction between the natural and the supernatural is of course relatively new and quite foreign to the
thinking of ancient peoples.
They not only help us understand the technical
skills of ancient people but also inform us on chronological periods, cultural groups, food production, population movements, social organization and trade networks.
He (or she, or they, or it) may exist; there is certainly evidence that suggests the existence of intelligent design; but until we have better evidence to determine this issue, I suggest we not jump to conclusions and accept the
superstitions of ancient peoples regarding this issue.
Whether recreating miraculous glass objects pictured in Renaissance paintings or modernized versions of non-extant glassware from documentary photographs — or extrapolating stories about the daily
lives of ancient peoples through the remnants of their glass household possessions — Josiah McElheny's work takes as its subject the object, idea, and social nexus of glass.
When it comes to reading the signature of disease and foul play in the
bones of ancient people, Fornaciari is the master.
That question has become answerable only in recent years, in part through the newly emerging techniques of paleopathology, the study of signs of disease in the
remains of ancient peoples.
A Day at the Museum Set in the heart of the Hotel Zone but a world away in atmosphere, the sophisticated Museo Maya de Cancun, designed by Mexican architect Alberto Garcia Lascurain, offers intriguing insights into the culture and practices
of the ancient people of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The Jews people are great people, but what the Zionist are doing in the region is a complete hijacking to the good
spirit of the ancient people.
If in our time we have seen a great people brought near to the point of extinction, we are also witnessing in Israel what can genuinely be called a
resurrection of an ancient people.
As a short, inductive introduction the emphasis is on meaning and especially on the meaning of the ancient text in the life and
faith of that ancient people, Israel.
It's bad enough the faithful build these expensive churches that totally contridict the teachings of a humble Jesus who was a champion for the poor, some have gotten so mad at science for the way it tells the «story of us», that they have fabricated an entire science in a futile attempt to prove the
scriptings of an ancient people.
To me, this approach is the touchstone for assessing the difference between fact and fiction in history The core question is: Does the
description of ancient people's behavior ring true when we compare it to the way contemporary people behave in a similar cultural area?
Sometimes, then, we are content to read the story simply for what it adds out of the fullness of her experience and her memory to our penetration into the
entity of that ancient people.
«It's almost as if we had traveled back in time and sampled the same plant that gave rise to cultivated peanuts from the
gardens of these ancient people,» said David Bertioli, an International Peanut Genome Initiative, or IPGI, plant geneticist of the Universidade de Brasília, who is working at UGA.
To find out more about the lives and
deaths of these ancient people, Schultz has spent years teasing out the secrets of their bones, using techniques like those employed at crime scenes.
Weaver, an intern at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), said she has gained
appreciation of the ancient people and their techniques as she has studied them.
The paper discusses a
range of ancient peoples, including mummies from ancient Egypt, ancient Peru, and from the Aleutian Islands, continental North America, east Asia, and Europe, including the much studied «Iceman».
Her primary goal was to study the
movement of ancient peoples across the Americas, but she also consulted for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, formed to investigate the disappearances and other political atrocities that shook Peru during the 1980s and 1990s.
The team found stark differences between the
genomes of ancient people on the southern side of the region in Israel and Jordan, and those on the other side of the Zagros mountains in western Iran.
Understanding the true structure of the Neanderthal population may help scientists dig deeper and more productively into the
dynamics of those ancient people and their interactions with us.
Here you'll discover the mystic
realm of ancient people and stand in wonder as this sacred place seems to come alive once again.
Used by the Inca to get around the empire and for religious and cultural purposes, you can follow the
footsteps of ancient people as you head out on fantastic hikes.
All you need to know is that it's a post-apocalyptic alien sci - fi fantasy with laser - breathing dragons, an oppressive empire, and an extinct
race of ancient peoples whose technology now lies dormant in the land.
Always interested in the
work of ancient peoples, Mr. Emmerich mounted insightful exhibitions of pre-Columbian art and classical antiquities.
I've seen this kind of argument / explanation / speculation in archeology a lot, where any unexplainable artifact or structure is termed «ceremonial,» with the same phrasings and
tales of ancient peoples huddled under the skies, seeking to propitiate their gods.
To hear more about these fascinating discoveries, press play on the podcast player and let Matt and Ben be your guides through the
stories of these ancient peoples.
paleoanthropology The study of the
culture of ancient people or human - like folk, based on the analysis of remnants, artifacts or markings created or used by these individuals.
«The analysis of mitochondrial DNA allows us to better understand the population
history of ancient peoples,» said Anne Stone, professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University.
We have almost no concept of the culture and day - to - day
lives of those ancient people, so how could we take what they said and apply it to the 21st century?