Sentences with phrase «several ancient cultures»

For a fee, outsiders can buy a glimpse into several ancient cultures, each with its own language — many of them in danger of extinction.

Not exact matches

Several cultures keep their own ancient calendars also.

The use of zero as a placeholder appeared in several different ancient cultures, such as the ancient Mayans and Babylonians.

«In this very small volume of messed - up corroded metal you have packed in there enough knowledge to fill several books telling us about ancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancientancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the AncientAncient World.

This oversize volume attempts to replicate a museum, exhibiting several representative objects from a variety of ancient cultures, all selected from museum collections worldwide.

The important thing is that I didn't base the book exactly on any one other book, it's a mashup of themes and elements I found in several other books; and those books are borrowing themes and elements from ancient mythology or pop culture (public knowledge).