ancient
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It’s a reminder that even in something as everyday as toothache, our evolutionary history is written in our teeth, but shaped as much by modern habits as by ancient biology.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It is estimated that roughly 1,500 plays graced the theaters of ancient Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Father Carlos Martins, for example, produces an Exorcist Files podcast with 40,000 followers on YouTube that promises to take viewers through his experiences “battling the ancient serpent in many forms.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
It was among the first bands to hire Bill Whitten to create costumes mixing the iconography of ancient Egypt with Afrofuturism.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Blank brick walls looked back at me, the backs of other ancient buildings in this crowded center of old Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing ancient
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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It's Lit: Hanukkah Words
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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