Sentences with phrase «preserved ancient work»
[106] After the Bible, the next best preserved ancient work is Homer's Iliad, with 650 copies originating about 1,000 years after the original copy.
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After the Bible, the next best preserved ancient work is Homer's Iliad, with 650 copies originating about 1,000 years after the original copy.
Dan Brown has just donated $ 337,000 to Amsterdam's Ritman Library, where he researched some of his best - selling novels, to help preserve its ancient works.
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«Parts of the New Testament have been preserved in more manuscripts than any other «ancient» work, having over 5,800 complete or fragmented Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages including Syriac, Slavic, Gothic, Ethiopic, Coptic and Armenian.»
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.
The work extends the timeframe in which original molecules may preserve, and demonstrates the ability to distinguish between ancient microstructures in fossils.
In the Molecular Ecology special issue, various research teams worked out the diet of a leopard by sequencing DNA in its faeces; tracked earthworm communities in soil4; and reconstructed ancient Siberian habitats from DNA preserved in permafrost.
Our work sheds new light on molecular preservation within normally labile tissues preserved in ancient fossils.
«At our workshop, we still work with our hands to craft our jewelry collections, because we believe it is our duty to preserve this ancient art form.»
Visit ancient sacred sites known as holy wells with a medievalist historian who worked on a National Geographic - sponsored project to preserve them.
The tower is one of the special ancient features of the property which has been beautifully preserved despite the restoration works.
The work of skilled local artisans enabled to preserve the stone fireplaces, the niches dug out in the walls, the water tanks and the ancient vaults, signs of a humble peasant life which is now far away.
Throughout its thousand - year history, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works as well as countless fascinating sites and attractions.
The RISD Museum acquires, preserves, exhibits, and interprets works of art and design representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present.
RISD Museum #RISDMuseum Providence The RISD Museum acquires, preserves, exhibits, and interprets works of art and design representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present.
Their job can be broadly classified as Museum Technicians and their work revolves around maintaining and preserving ancient art and documents.