ancient+times
111ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHITECTURE — The various cultures of the Ancient Near East were extremely important in the development of architecture and the civic aspects of urban space. From the Sumerians, who developed the pyramidal religious structure called the ziggurat, to the… …
112Ancient Fife and Drum Corps — An Ancient Fife and Drum Corps is a traditional, typically American drum corps that plays fifes and wooden rope tension snare and bass drums.HistoryFifes are an ancient instrument, referred to in Europe as the Schweize Pfeife , or Swiss flute.… …
113Ancient Shores — infobox Book | name = Ancient Shores title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Jack McDevitt illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher =… …
114Ancient Medicine — On Ancient Medicine or Tradition in Medicine is a treatise in the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical texts attributed to Hippocrates and written probably in the late 5th century BC. As with all works in the Hippocratic… …
115Ancient accounts of Homer — The ancient accounts of Homer include many passages in archaic and classical Greek poets and prose authors that mention or allude to Homer, and ten biographies of Homer, often referred to as Lives .Date of HomerEstablishing an accurate date for… …
116Ancient City of Vijayanagara — The Ancient City of Vijayanagara was the urban core of the imperial city and the surrounding principalities of the capital of the Vijayanagar empire during the 14th century to 16th century CE. Notes by foreign travellers such as Abdur Razzak, the …
117Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine — The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S., established in 1870 is an appendant body to Freemasonry based in the United States. The organization is best known for the… …
118Ancient Agora of Athens — The Ancient Agora of Athens is the most well known example of agora, located in Athens, Greece.HistoryThe agora in Athens had private housing, until it was reorganized by Peisistratus in the 6th century BC. Although he may have lived on the agora …
119Ancient and Primitive Rite — The Ancient and Primitive Rite is a Quasi Masonic higher degree Rite.HistoryThe Rite began around 1805 amongst Napoleon s soldiers in Egypt who were Freemasons. It was based primarily on the degree work of the Philadelphes of Narbonne as well as… …
120Ancient Greek units of measurement — The ancient Greek system of weights and measures was built mainly upon the Egyptian, and formed the basis of the later Roman system.: Although we might suggest that the Egyptians had discovered the art of measurement, it is really only with the… …
