Sentence examples for ancient figures from inspiring English sources

Other traditions even more radically reinterpreted the ancient figures.

The ancient figures wear their tresses in intricate, subtly individualised arrangements of curls and wraparound plaits, each anchored by a thick fishtail braid dangling down the back.

Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, who was minister of Islamic affairs for the Maldives until last week, said that the country's laws specifically exempt ancient figures from the regulations governing idols.

Later stages in the development of Chinese writing include the guwen ("ancient figures") found in inscriptions from the late Shang dynasty (c. 1123 bc) and the early years of the Zhou dynasty that followed.

The room is full of Western history's favorite ancient figures, at times variously identified, drawing on the floor, fondling globes, or penning the texts which would later burn to ash in the fire that consumed the Library of Alexandria.

Two particularly interesting stores are Silvia Obilinovic (Stall 2; 56-2-231-7006), brimming with ancient figures of Andean gods and Mesoamerican jewelry, and Bruce (Stall 17; 56-2-234-3732), a virtual pirate's cave of antique South American silverware.

He was an ancient figure, with white hair, pasty skin, and fat fingers.

The eyes of ancient figure sculpture, for example, were sometimes inlaid with stones.

Although the film is entirely fictional, it is loosely based on the legend of an actual ancient figure.

Centuries later Ptolemy's Almagest still described the stars of Libra with respect to the ancient figure of the scorpion.

The likeliest suspect is a "sin eater," an ancient figure who absolves unforgivable sins, killing the sinner in the process and handily allowing great evil to go unpunished.