ancient
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Scientists believe Psyche could be the exposed partial core of an ancient planetesimal, one of the building blocks that formed planets early in the solar system's history.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
For those who study ancient Greece, the classical era, roughly the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., presents a case study in the failure to learn from history.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Next, they tackled the ancient Chinese board game Go.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Co-author Michael Polcyn from Southern Methodist University said the discovery expands understanding of both the animals themselves and the ancient ecosystems they inhabited.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
“You cannot hurt her. She is made of ancient stuff. She was alive in Mesopotamia, four thousand years ago.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing ancient
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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