Sentence examples for have been ancient from inspiring English sources

For 25 teenagers listening to him, Mr. Sorensen's time as President John F. Kennedy's adviser and speechwriter might as well have been ancient history.

What is it, and where did it come from ASCII's spiritual predecessor might have been ancient Assyrian, but it is a direct descendant of Baudot code, a scheme patented by Émile Baudot in 1874 for use in telegraphy.

But the torchbearers around the five boroughs might also have been ancient Greek warriors, bearing a warning to all cities that would even think of staging future Games: "The budget overruns are coming!

She credited similar tropical climates and considered the theory that there might have been ancient contact between the cultures, which the explorer Thor Heyerdahl tried to prove by sailing across the Pacific in a raft called Kon-Tiki.

North America's first inhabitants are believed to have been ancient Asiatic peoples who migrated from Siberia to North America sometime during the last glacial advance, known as the Wisconsin Glacial Stage, the most recent major division of the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago).

The city is Itj-tawy, and is believed to have been ancient Egypt's capital 4,000 years ago.

The islands seem to have been an ancient pilgrimage site.

The Figaro, two doors down, might have been called Ancient Village by comparison.

For about 15 years, evolutionary biologists have been using ancient DNA to study how organisms change through time.

Blacks have been the ancient target of racial stereotypes, negative typecasting, and mockery.

The caves below Keil Point (Gaelic: Rubha na Cille) contain a slab which may have been an ancient altar.