Mark Changizi and his colleagues at Caltech examined more than a hundred ancient and modern writing systems.
The history of hoboing, ancient and modern, has become a respectable academic discipline.
With the capriccios, combining real and imaginary places, ancient and modern architecture in one picture, Guardi is in his element.
In the rich economies too the mix of jobs is changing rapidly, away from manufacturing and towards services, ancient and modern.
The music was something new in American rock: both ancient and modern, rooted in the past and eschewing the psychedelic sounds then in vogue.
One of the oldest cities in the world, Athens is the capital of Ancient and modern Greece and is considered the birthplace of Western civilisation.
In these characteristics, dinosaur bones are similar to those both of mammals and of dinosaurs' modern descendants, the birds, and dissimilar to those of both ancient and modern crocodiles.
In 1997, UNESCO declared the entire town a World Heritage Site, and in 2009, the first boutique hotel, Jing's Residence, opened, mixing ancient and modern styles within a former silk merchant's mansion.
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For even as our leaders tried to forget what we as a people have always known, our history - both ancient and modern - is testament to the truth of Zaki's statement.
Our work also contributes to our understanding of ancient history, elucidating why some cities were abandoned or why mature societies suffered decline, and confronting the enduring attraction of fault lines in luring peoples, ancient and modern, to settle along persistent danger zones.
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In fact, when did businesses begin, and what are the significant differences between ancient businesses and modern ones?
This setting of ancient texts and modern poetry was the last piece that Grisey composed before he died suddenly in 1998.
Some 100, 000 visitors are expected to view the around 8, 000 objects from 95 French and international dealers in an enormous range of disciplines, including ancient, modern and Asian art, jewelry, weapons, ceramics, glass, furniture, books and tapestries.
The upshot is that the demographic transition may be the result of a mismatch between ancient psychology and the modern world.
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Put together with artefacts from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, it is a four-part historical tour of the ancient Olympics and their modern rebirth in the late 1800s, including a hall of past torches and a gallery of 16 extraordinary modern athletes profiled along with examples of medals from each modern Games.
Yale economist William Nordhaus examined the history of lighting technologies, from open fires and stone animal fat lamps in ancient times to modern incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.
Many doctors, both Western and traditional, feel that "integrated" medicine - a blend of the modern and the ancient - could be the therapy of the future.
To them , Ayer's Rock represents the delicate balance between ancient traditions, modern society and nature.
Art of War: Eagerly studied by military leaders in ancient times, modern politicians and executives now use this 2000-year-old book as a guide.
Shanghai--a roiling, boiling stew of the modern and ancient, of violently clashing interests and astonishing contrasts--is the perfect setting for this multifaceted tale.
Months of work goes into costumes and practising for the children's parade, which this year has the theme of stories and storytelling from ancient myths to modern graffiti art.
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Border scholars argue that making borders is the essential modern gesture: ancient empires and medieval states had fluid and flexible borders, or none at all, and people lived and thrived in what were in every sense gray areas.
David Weisman notes an interesting overlap between modern findings in neuroscience and ancient notions of Buddhism.
Any one who seeks to casts these decisions in terms of absolutes should look both at the modern Middle East and the Ancient Greeks.
Gaia, Greek Goddess of Earth, was worshipped on the island of Crete as the ancient mistress of all the animals, and the many cults that grew up in her name gave rise to modern geography, the now accepted biochemical Gaia Hypothesis, and what the ancient Greeks considered the most sacred of all oaths: our indebtedness to Earth.
By that time he had learned from his travels and examination of ancient sites that a classical-modern synthesis was not only possible but vital to creating timeless architecture.
The blend of ancient with modern fits well with the young, vibrant and culturally diverse crowd that hangs out in the local cafes, shops and galleries.
Studying these will test the hypothesis that modern shells are more efficient than ancient ones, and thus out-competed them.
These fossils show that these ancient, pre-Nicklausian men, though shorter and thinner than modern linksmen, all possess the same hitch in their backswing that most golfers still do.
Mr Miles has skilfully fused the works of ancient historians such as Polybius and Livy, a wide range of modern studies and recent archaeological research to create a convincing and enthralling narrative.
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