Sentence examples for understood ancient from inspiring English sources

The Oxford Companion to Military History (2001), which he edited, shows that he was no narrow specialist; he understood ancient commanders as well as modern ones, and appreciated the ways in which changes in weaponry have constantly transformed tactics.

The framework within which they read and understood ancient and modern philosophy was that of the 'perennial philosophy' (philosophia perennis) proposed originally by Italian Renaissance philosophers such as Marsilio Ficino, and Agostino Steucho, but also employed by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

How can taphonomic clues help us reconstruct and understand ancient ecosystems?

I see this as an exceptional opportunity to investigate and better understand ancient Roman painting techniques.

The exhibition provides a unique perspective on how museums blend technology and the humanities to conserve and understand ancient objects.

This fall, Professor Braswell plans to help students understand ancient Mesoamerica by visiting 28 archaeological sites and numerous other museums in central Mexico.

My approach is to use whatever techniques are available to understand ancient earth's biological and physical systems, and consequently, students involved in these areas have used a broad range of disciplines including structural geology, palynology, geochemistry, geophysics and paleontology.

He also believes it will also allow us to understand ancient African migrations and cultures, also currently obscured by forests.

Chepstow-Lusty took a 6.3-meter-long sediment core from the lake bottom, then radiocarbon-dated organic material from six layers, and counted and analyzed the pollen to understand ancient climate and agricultural practices.

This led her to suggest to Buckland that they were fossilized feces, which he named coprolites, and which he used to better understand ancient food chains.

Ethically speaking, we've come a long way since then, but our desire to see inside and better understand ancient Egyptian society persists.