Sentences with phrase «remnants of ancient»

They have found remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what are reported to be the oldest intact beehives ever found.

The fissures and fragments of concrete slabs standing up like remnants of ancient Maya stelae carvings give testimony still today of this displacement.

Venturing through the alpine mountains, players will fly through a rugged landscape as they discover wild animals and the remnants of an ancient civilisation, choosing whether to avoid combat or solve mysteries along the way.

Horizon Zero Dawn is an exhilarating new action role playing game where you play as Aloy, a young hunter on a quest to discover her destiny among the remnants of the ancient past.

The island interiors feature mysterious caves and remnants of ancient civilizations, including cave paintings and submerged cemeteries, while under the waves await encounters with sharks, manta rays and barracudas.

After this tour, ease your adrenaline in a relaxing paddling journey through an ancient spiritual ground where you you'll find large crystalline formations and remnants of ancient Mayan civilizations - including skeletal remains and other cultural artifacts.

Observe stalactites and stalagmites in caves that contain pottery and ceremonial remnants of the ancient Maya.

In addition to the fantastic scenery, there are also remnants of ancient cultures, such as cave paintings in the fascinating Cueva de las Manos Pintadas.

Mungo is a part of the Willandra Lakes system, where remnants of its ancient inhabitants are being uncovered by the ongoing climatic erosion.

Praslin has a lot to see and do, from sublime beaches to the remnants of an ancient forest fit for titans; it holds a number of plants and animals seen nowhere else on earth.

In the sea stand the famous Thrones, carved stone formations, the remnants of an ancient quarry, which though give the impression of being thrones for sea gods.

Natural spires - remnants of ancient volcanoes - dramatically rise from the mountainous center of the island (see photo).

Mui Ne is also surrounded by unique natural formations, verdant mountains, and remnants of the ancient Champa Kingdom.

Indeed original remnants of this ancient settlement's foundations are visible throughout the area today.

Just 85 kilometres from the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, is beautiful Akaroa, a historic French and British settlement nestled in the heart of the remnants of an ancient volcano which forms the harbour.

Home to verdant mountains and remnants of the ancient Champa Kingdom, the most famous landmarks in Phan Thiet, however, are the Red and White Sand Dunes, where travellers can enjoy a fun - filled day of riding ATVs or sliding down the slopes on rickety sleds.

1200 — year - old remnants of ancient coastal forests, they are evidence of the dynamic and sometimes cataclysmic events that shaped Oregon's coastline.

Remnants of an ancient lake, the pans are interspersed with sandy desert and occasional vegetation.

For those more interested in unlikely and unwilling adventurers, Derelict by LJ Cohen reveals what happens when the remnants of an ancient war suddenly make their way back into the stars.

Play as Aloy, a young hunter on a quest to discover her destiny among the remnants of the ancient past.

Underneath lies the remnants of an ancient civilisation, so advanced, so magnificent it challenges the myth of human authenticity.

If you like, you can show your date some of the key points of interest around the lake, such as a 100 foot high totem pole, an obelisk that was erected by none other than George II and the remnants of an ancient North African city (which has been shipped over to Britain and reconstructed).

It has been proposed that these formations may contain remnants of ancient iron - metabolizing microbes.

Scheduled for launch in May, it will place a seismometer on the surface to probe the interior and perhaps find frozen remnants of that ancient ocean, or even liquid water.

They were long considered to be part of the «junk» of the genome — remnants of ancient parasites in the genome capable of making copies of themselves, filling up the genome with junk.

Focus: The battle for Britain's bogs — Lowland bogs are the last remnants of an ancient landscape.

Remnants of ancient viruses, which make up about 8 percent of the human genome, are not just silent hitchhikers.

During a 2.5 - hour hike on easy to moderate forest trails, you encounter a wide variety of tropical flora and fauna in the company of our expert guide — who also knows the best vantage points for viewing the hardened remnants of ancient lava flows.

When they analyzed the remnants of ancient liquids soaked into the porous clay using mass spectrometry, the researchers found traces of tartaric, malic, succinic, and citric acids, all chemical signatures of wine made from the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera).

Their discovery indicate that remnants of ancient globular clusters are scattered within the centre of the Milky Way's bulge.

They resemble remnants of ancient viruses that have inserted themselves into their host DNA.

Our DNA is littered with the absorbed remnants of ancient viruses, which normally are considered little more than genomic junk.

For example, the filaments to the right of the image are the remnants of an ancient supernova, and the glowing red filaments at the lower left surround an unusual and very hot star [2].

For example the filaments to the right of the image are the remnants of an ancient supernova (SNR G332.4 - 00.4, also known as RCW 103), and the glowing red filaments at the lower left surround an unusual and very hot star (RCW 104, surrounding the Wolf - Rayet star WR 75).

These umbrellas are remnants of an ancient global field that decayed billions of years ago.

They're like the preserved remnants of an ancient star, and examining them is like doing astronomical archaeology... on a scale 60 trillion kilometers (40 trillion miles) across.

The LORD was in the early stages described as if He were the storm - god, or even the war - god, but these are but the remnants of ancient mythology.

So will the messages of Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, paleolithic cave paintings and lots of other remnants of ancient past cultures.

Over the course of several field trips to this wilderness, geologist Glassley and two colleagues went in search of evidence that the land is in fact the remnant of an ancient mountain chain and the site of tremendous geologic upheaval.

The shale, named for the town of Eagle Ford, TX, is a geologic remnant of the ancient ocean that covered present day Texas millions of years ago, when the remains of sea life (especially ancient plankton) died and deposited onto the seafloor, were buried by several hundred feet of sediment, eventually turning into the rich source of hydrocarbons we have today.The shale was first tapped in 2008 and now has around 20 active fields good producing over 900 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

The Greek Halloween is «Apokries», a Carnival celebrated in February, remnant of the ancient Dionysia.

Morro Rock is actually a 581 - foot high magma mixture that is the remnant of ancient volcanic activity, one of 13 along the coastline in this area.

Ben Nevis is the final remnant of an ancient volcano; it's peak is the collapsed dome that imploded many millions of years ago.

The natural arch, measuring approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) high and 100 feet (30 m) long, was the remnant of an ancient cave.

Rajk looks like a crumbling remnant of an ancient civilisation, his limbs stunted, his face caved in.

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For this idea he had support in the ancient prophetic conception of a faithful and saving remnant standing out from a disobedient and apostate people.

Psuedogenes are remnants of genes that once served a purpose in our genome that they no longer fulfil, because of mutations that have rendered the genes nonfunctional, i.e., they no longer lead to the production of proteins (long chains of amino acids) that once contributed to specific characteristics in ancient ancestors.

There remains still to be reckoned with, some remnant of expectation of miraculous action: it was inescapable in that age; however, as we may note once again, ancient miracles were much simpler than their modern protagonists would have them, and much closer to natural processes.

They are the echo of an ancient history, the remnant of a dark age, an age we tell ourselves we would rather forget.

These micrometer - scale structures are probably remnants of microorganisms that once lived amidst ancient hydrothermal vents, researchers suggest March 1 in Nature.