Sentence examples for antiquity for from inspiring English sources

She was admired in antiquity for her delicate, passionate verses.

The Pamir region was renowned in antiquity for its rubies (technically, spinel) and lapis lazuli.

He was particularly famous in antiquity for his sharp satire and ferocious invective.

It is not possible to claim any great antiquity for ivory carving in Japan.

That was his 12th gold medal in an individual event, sending historians back to Greek antiquity for a comparable antecedent.

Sappho was admired in antiquity for the elegance and exquisiteness of her writing: that seems to me to be right.

Japanese Antiquities and Oriental Antiquities, for instance, became the Asia department.

The sorry trade in looted antiquities, for example, is now not quite so sorry.

Layard entered political life shortly thereafter, and in 1852 Rassam was retained to continue excavating antiquities for the British Museum.

"We don't even know what they looked like," said Jonathan Kuhn, the director of art and antiquities for the Parks Department.

Greece's strongest backing may come from other European museums that have agreed to loan antiquities for the Games.