ancient
Example Sentences
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Where the ancient sources are rich or pose few difficulties, Mr. Elliott’s account is lively; he is more liable to falter where evidence is in shorter supply or when he ranges beyond the Severan age.
A line of cars stretched as far as the eye could see along the country's southern coast as residents of affected areas fled to the ancient city of Sidon in search of safety.
From Barron's
Blank brick walls looked back at me, the backs of other ancient buildings in this crowded center of old Haarlem.
From Literature
A senior scholar at the Hermitage, Russia's largest art museum in St Petersburg, he has since 1999 overseen the museum's excavations of Myrmekion, an ancient Greek settlement founded in Crimea in the 6th Century BC.
From BBC
Presumably even they respected the ancient law which forbade the killing of another hunter.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
