Sentence examples for nearest ancient from inspiring English sources

In the fossil record, the nearest ancient relatives of horseshoe crabs are the trilobites, a successful group for hundreds of millions of years.

The final movement recalls the Moorish-influenced gardens near ancient Córdoba.

Bauxite is mined in the Parnassian range, and there is an aluminum-reducing plant at Aspra Spítia, near ancient Anticyra.

The arcs formed on or near ancient continental crust (about 2.0 to 2.4 billion years old), but the origin of the material in these arcs is uncertain.

The city was strategically situated near ancient trade routes, and recent excavations have unearthed fragments of pottery indicating settlement there in the early 4th millennium bce.

By ancient belief and canonical doctrine, Thomas Christians trace their origins to the arrival of St. Thomas at Malankara on a lagoon near present-day Kodungallur (Cranganore; near ancient Muziris) in 52 ce and to congregations he established in seven villages.

By identifying and quantifying the pollen, phytoliths, and starch grains found in archaeological sediments and on artifacts, an archaeologist can glean additional information on the plants growing on or near ancient sites.

That was the situation that Mr. Taprantzis's agency found in Katakolo, a once-verdant beachfront near ancient Olympia. in the Western Peloponnese, where thousands of people squatted on state land without paying for or registering the property.

Of those two, the Dash 3G wins hands down, if only because the 8820 feels damned near ancient at this point.

In the Maya Lowlands of Mesoamerica, stable carbon (C) isotope ratio (δ13C) analysis of soil organic matter (SOM) from profiles near ancient archaeological sites has been used to interpret the vegetative histories related to ancient maize agriculture.

Interactions between settlement history and landscape evolution of a hill-top settlement on the West Anatolian Coast near ancient Pergamon (modern Bergama) were studied by a combination of archaeological and geographical investigations.