Sentence examples for remarkable relics from inspiring English sources

Fawcett contended that in the southern basin of the Amazon, between the Tapajós and the Xingu tributaries, lay what he called "the most remarkable relics of ancient civilization".

Reproductive behaviour is typically conservative and constrained by many ecological and physiological factors (Tsukamoto et al. 2002), so the catadromous migration of freshwater eels back to their offshore habitats over an evolutionary time scale represents a remarkable relic of the reproductive behaviour of these enigmatic animals that share a common ancestry with pelagic eels of the deep ocean.

It houses remarkable stone carvings, including a sarcophagus that probably contained the relics of a local king who died fighting the Vikings.

The Worldport, whose distinctive umbrellalike roof made it one of the more memorable relics of aviation's jet-setting age, has a less remarkable interior: low-hanging ceilings, dark corners and a generally cramped feel.

It has been one of the most remarkable developments in Hollywood – the transformation of 3D technology from an 80s relic to the forefront of 21st-century blockbuster film-making.

Another remarkable result is the percentage of TGAs that include a duplicated gene relic (11%).

Relics may not always be convincing but that doesn't diminish the remarkable aura of some of the holy artefacts in Rome's churches.

It was once one of a chain of crusader castles, a relic of 200 years of conflict so massive that it survived into the 21st century in a remarkable state of completeness.

The photographers who portrayed the waterworks after its abandonment likewise have no overt agenda, and yet in the context of a remarkable history, their work appears 'guilty' of what Leary accuses - it arouses our sympathies for an important cultural relic that has been woefully neglected.

Today, they are relics.

Many relics are preserved.