Sentence examples for magnificent monuments from inspiring English sources

By the sixth century, the Egyptian language and religion had faded into history, but its magnificent monuments, covered with inscrutable symbols, remained.

Sānchi sculpture, early Indian sculpture that embellished the 1st-century-bc gateways of the Buddhist relic mound called the Great Stupa (stupa No. 1) at Sānchi, Madhya Pradesh, which is one of the most magnificent monuments of its time.

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The succession of counts of Anjou began in the 9th century, and the rule of the Plantagenets was marked in Angers by the construction of magnificent monuments, of which the French Hôpital Saint-Jean (now housing an archaeological museum) is the most striking.

Uzbekistan's cultural heritage includes magnificent monuments in the national architectural tradition: the mausoleum of the Sāmānid ruler Ismāʿīl I (9th and 10th centuries) in Bukhara, the great mosques and mausoleums of Samarkand, constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries, and many other fine tombs, mosques, palaces, and madrasahs.

"I have always wondered what the women of this great geography were doing as their men designed and built the magnificent monuments and fought in the many wars waged on these lands," said Nancy Ozturk, coordinator of Citlembik, which published the book.

Her body ultimately came to rest in Westminster Abbey in a magnificent monument James I raised to his mother after he finally ascended the throne of England.

Asit Biswas, an international consultant recruited by the anti lobby, says it will be "a magnificent monument to bad planning for decades and even centuries to come".

County Executive Andrew J. Spano, an active participant in the planning of the memorial project, said he was "saddened by the controversy" and hoped "that it will not overshadow the importance of this magnificent monument and the meaning behind it".

The unveiling in Boston in 1897 of Augustus Saint Gaudens's magnificent monument to the black soldiers of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiment for a time rekindled a more inclusive memory of the war.

But the politician admitted there was always the risk of courts issuing a negative verdict that would wreck Athens' chances of having the artworks reunited with the magnificent monument they once adorned.