They may have been surmounted by a wooden palisade but no excavation has provided proof of this.
He surmounted, too, the mental pain of his father's contempt and his mother's neglect.
THE first hurdle to be surmounted on Turkey's journey to Europe may well be Cyprus.
However, if the obstacles that stand in the way of a political agreement with the Palestinians are not surmounted pretty soon, the vacuum in policy could have even uglier consequences.
Universities should still be free to take students' backgrounds into account: whether, for example, they come from a poor home, or have surmounted personal obstacles.
Quintiles insists that it has surmounted Indian hurdles without compromising quality or ethics.
But if these obstacles can be surmounted, then some animals in the farmyard of the future will indeed be more equal and certainly more helpful than others.
If the remaining obstacles still blocking the road ahead of the summit can be surmounted, celebration at Nice will be in order.If, mind you, after all the late-night haggling, many of those obstacles remain, disappointment should not be exaggerated.
Many scientific hurdles at the basic-research level are yet to be surmounted, and it will take much longer still for therapies to clear clinical trials.
By this miracle The Economist has surmounted the old problems of getting there fast by getting there instantly.
Although there was a spurt late last month, so far less than 3% of the 115,000 families who have applied for help have reached "closing": that is, surmounted the sclerotic programme's various bureaucratic hurdles and received money in the form of buy-out cheques or repair payments.The lethargic pace has been ruinous for New Orleans and its hard-hit suburbs.
