Sentence examples for of ancient design from inspiring English sources

Hasselborough noted at the time the presence of a wrecked ship "of ancient design," presumably Polynesian.

Still, the revival of ancient design elements and the use of new materials remains a hallmark of contemporary Indian artists.

They couldn't do this the Hassidic way, dressing the men in costumes of ancient design, physically segregating women and making sure that children received nothing in the way of useful secular education.

The garden's front gates open to a small canal that we followed to the Grand Canal to watch boats of ancient design, low in the water with their loads, also carrying memories of the river trade that created the wealth to build gardens.

It was her love of ancient design that caught Joe Perry's (Aerosmith) attention... Joe & Billie Perry.

Never - don't even dream about it - could one read in these pages of ancient design the doubts my compatriots have about the management of Raul Castro and the dysfunction of the state capitalism - or the family clan - under which we live.

Drawing from the institution's expansive collection, the sparkly exhibit underscores cycles of change and returning trends of ancient designs.

It will feature a reading by Elizabeth Gaffney from her public-works-obsessed historical novel, "Metropolis," and a guest appearance by the Center for Urban Pedagogy's "Sewer in a Suitcase," which will explain the ancient design of the city's combined sewer system and how it channels street runoff and untreated sewage into the canal after heavy rains.

Hokule'a is a twin-hulled canoe, or vaka, based on the ancient design of open-ocean Polynesian voyaging canoes.

Three couples moon about an island of ancient ruins designed by Alain Vaes (who also did the costumes), the men carrying their languidly arching partners through traveling lifts so that the women appear to be briefly flying, their diaphanous nightgowns fluttering about under Mr. Stanley's shadowy design.

One of them has drawn extra-terrestrial theories for decades, so I head there, south, to the Nazca Lines, a series of ancient geoglyphs large designs formed with rocks or other natural materials that range in intricacy, from simple lines to motifs of fish, monkeys, spiders and lizards.