Sentences with phrase «preserving ancient places»

There's an ancient / Celtic story about St. Columba, who was famous for «preserving ancient places of worship because they once were centers of honest searches for God — however misguided they might have been,» Donna Fletcher Crow wrote in The Fields of Bannockburn.

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They will place the details of ancient, preserved Mars next to those of modern, recycled Earth, learning more about both worlds.

In addition to the Acropolis and Olympia, you'll also visit ancient Corinth, dating back to the 8th century BC and the place where St. Paul preached; the ruins in Mycenae, dating from 1,350 to 1,200 BC and described by Homer; the amazingly well - preserved, 2,300 - year - old open - air theater in Epidaurus; and Thermopylae, where the battle between the Greeks and Persians took place in 480 BC.In ancient Greece, people traveled to Delphi to seek the wisdom from the Oracle.

It was intrigued at the history of this place, fascinated by what the ancient Mayans discovered and the sciences that they have preserved over the years.

A place where I could indulge in these fantasies to my heart's content is the ancient town of Jerash, located approx. 30m north of Amman and considered the most important and best preserved Roman city outside Italy.

Set in the basement storage spaces of a modern office building in downtown Athens, the proposed exhibition imagines a section of the ancient Athenian «long walls» preserved in the foundations, and places artworks against this unique setting.