antiquity
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Egyptians in antiquity engaged in sword combat for warfare, but also for competition — Romans utilized swords in gladiator events, rituals and duels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
There he paced the salons and galleries of the newest neoclassical townhouses, there he studied the remains of classical antiquity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
"The new finds of Homo teeth from 2.6 -- 2.8 million year old sediments -- reported in this paper -- confirms the antiquity of our lineage," said Brian Villmoare, lead author and ASU alumnus.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
That the statue survived at all is exceptional: in antiquity, bronze was a valuable raw material routinely melted down for weapons, coins or everyday objects.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
To be fair, Hucbald merely experimented with this concept rather than invented it; it had been circulating in musical theories since antiquity, as indeed it had in Indian and Chinese musical systems.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Sarkis Khoury, head of antiquities at Lebanon's culture ministry, told AFP the war had forced archaeologists to switch tack.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Thanks to a sensitive renovation, not only has the institution’s infrastructure been updated but its impressive modernist building and collection of antiquities and Islamic, Asian and European art shine anew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It's one of the first cases where we can see the whole discussion about restitution of antiquities that were illegally exported, until some were returned to Turkey," Alexandridis said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Dr Ittai Gradel, the academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of many hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum, has died of cancer, aged 61.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
A few months later, the Getty’s curator of antiquities, Marion True, wrote a long, glowing account of the museum’s acquisition for the art journal The Burlington Magazine.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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