Sentences with phrase «old civilisation»

Walking through ruins of the old civilisation would be a dry exercise if not for this little device, which also lets you access audio logs and texts which retain the kernel of life from thousands of years ago.

As I said, it's a slow burn, but by halfway through I was gripped, especially by the story of how the old civilisation fell.

Our Historian in Residence will make Sri Lanka's 2000 - year - old civilisation come alive.

Oman is immensely proud of its rich Arabian culture and history, with one of the oldest civilisations in the region, dating back over five thousand years.

There was always a certain mystery attached to China, and during the decades when visitors were not welcome, people wondered about the centuries of history behind one of the world's oldest civilisation.

Although the country boasts the world's oldest civilisation and retains many ancient customs and traditions, China's major cities are dazzlingly futuristic, teeming with colour and life.

Not to mention we have the Great Barrier Reef, the oldest rainforest in the world, and the world's oldest civilisation - the Aboriginal people.

Not exact matches

The quotation captures the noble project of the book in this way: «The old Catholic religion - culture of Europe is dead... the inheritance of classical culture... has been destroyed, overwhelmed by a vast influx of new knowledge, by the scientific mass civilisation of the modern world.

In this respect the old phraseology is at variance with the psychology of modern civilisations.

Given that civilisations in globular clusters could be far older than the Earth, they could very well have colonised their entire cluster.

Keezhadi excavation leads to ancient civilisation on the banks of Vaigai Carbon dating confirms Keezhadi site is from Sangam era 2,100 - year - old Jewish community found in Judea, dating back to Hasmonean period, 600 years earlier than previous finds at the site.

For apart from ensuring the film an audience on both sides of the Atlantic, it enables Himelstein to import a theme more usually associated with Henry James than Wilde — the corruption of the New World by the Old — and also to introduce some amusing cross-cultural digs (like Darlington's mock approval of America as a society «that's gone from barbarism to depravity without bothering to develop civilisation in between»).

Shots of empty rooms, vacant hallways, chairs sat idly by windows, all expose a life unsettled in the great cradle of civilisation that was the Old West.

6 - year - old Lauren amazed the judges by creating a website showcasing her summer learning, which included making a dinosaur model, studying ancient civilisations and even designing a space station!

Cadiz is widely acknowledged as being the oldest settlement in Europe that has been continuously inhabited, first established as Gadir by the Phoenician civilisation around 1100BC.

Discover the distinctive and incomparable aspects of ancient and modern China, the world's oldest continuous civilisation, from its exotic culture to spectacular scenery and fascinating cities

Egypt is the cradle of one of the world's oldest and most advanced civilisations, and is home to some of the world's most spectacular cultural sights.

Having been captured and recaptured by various civilisations, Peñíscola's Old Town bears testament to its many influences over time.

The historical legacy of ancient civilisations such as Greeks, Punics, Romans, Byzantines, Visigoths and Moslems make up a marvellous city the old quarter of which was declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1999.

The year is 1986, we are in Seattle where civilisation has collapsed and is being overrun by «shadows» — basically versions of the good old fashioned zombie.

And Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. before getting older to what we know the two as today would've been sucked into the Mushroom World from Brooklyn somehow as well, and end up on an Island miles from Mario & Luigi where they start up their own Civilisation.

Anything action - based benefited from Circle Percussion, as that would give you an instant aggressive and tribal sound, and if the development of the story focused on the machine world or technology of «the old ones» (the previous civilisation), circuit bend or glitched analog synths were used.

An economist by trade before taking up an acclaimed career in photograhy, the 67 - year - old Brazilian has been taking his poetic vision to every last shore on which human civilisation meets the natural world.

The story of witch doctors promising that they can control the weather is as old as civilisation itself.

At some point every great civilisation becomes old and tired and gets consumed by idle and pointless endeavour.

There is an old and valuable legal principle, which transcends several cultures and civilisations: «hard cases make bad law.»