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By the first millennium B.C.E., it ranked among the “five grains,” the staple crops recognized in early Chinese texts.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

GUILIN, China—More than a millennium ago, the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu said of Guilin’s landscape, “The river forms a blue-green silk ribbon, the mountains are like jade hairpins.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

A trio of beloved bluegrass albums, “The Grass Is Blue,” “Little Sparrow” and “Halos & Horns,” around the turn of the millennium reestablished her as a performer with extensive roots in rural America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

“You really hold on to a grudge, don’t you? Hasn’t it been a millennium since he ruined your outfit?”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

This fossilised hunk of whale bone has lain hidden in the earth on Portmuck Beach for possibly millennia.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Park explains: "Breathing techniques have accompanied humanity for millennia across various religions and cultures. With this study, we provide scientific proof that it is a reliable and targeted method capable of controlling our decisions."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Kochs attempt to illustrate the latter point with a chart that tracks global average gross domestic product per capita, adjusted for inflation, over two millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

First, we can reverse the historically known linguistic expansions of recent millennia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

Three millenniums ago, a small, prosperous farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

It would guide scientists in their understanding of our still-unfolding present for generations, perhaps even millenniums, to come.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

Or are you purchasing an item, wrapping, bag or bow that will be used once, then sent off to a landfill where it will sit, undisturbed, for the next several millenniums?

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

Collectively, memorable events have caused the ever-quickening pace of change during the past five millenniums, which begin with what we call the ancient world.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson