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AnĂ­bal VillacĂ­s AnĂ­bal VillacĂ­s (b. 1927, Ambato, Ecuador) is a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials.
AnĂşna AnĂşna is an Irish choral group that came to world prominence through its involvement with the Riverdance phenomenon in the mid 1990s. In 1987 Dublin composer Michael McGlynn founded An Uaithne, a name which describes the three ancient types of Celtic music, SuantraĂ­ (lullaby), GeantraĂ­ (happy song) and GoltraĂ­ (lament).
Anêm language The Anêm language is a language isolate spoken in five main villages along the northwestern coast of New Britain island, Papua New Guinea: Malasoŋo (where it is spoken alongside Bariai), Karaiai, Mosiliki, Pudêlîŋ, Atiatu (where it is spoken alongside Lusi) and Bolo (where it is spoken alongside a version of Aria). It is also spoken by small numbers of people, mostly of Anêm descent, scattered among the surrounding villages.
Anália de Victória Pereira Anália Maria Caldeira de Victória Pereira Simeão, born 3 October 1941 in Luanda, is the leader of the PLD (the Partido Liberal Democrático, or "Liberal Democratic Party") of Angola and the most visible female politician in the country. She co-founded the PLD in 1983 while living in Portugal, and has been its president since then.
Anāhitā Anāhitā (or Nāhid in Modern Persian), whose name means "unstained" or "immaculate", was an ancient Persian deity. Her cult was strongest in Western Iran, and had extensive parallels with that of the Semitic Near Eastern "Queen of Heaven", deification of the planet Venus, eternal virgin (however many sexual encounters she had), goddess of war, love, and fertility Ishtar, who was probably derived from the Sumerian Inanna.
Anberlin Anberlin is an rock band comprised of Christian members that was formed in 2002. Even though their debut album, Blueprints for the Black Market, was released barely a year after the band formed, Anberlin were already amassing a dedicated fan-base through steady touring with other bands on their label, Tooth & Nail Records and promotion via their MySpace.
Anbukkodi Makkal Anbukkodi Makkal is the term first used by Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, one of the chief Panividaiyalar of Swamithoppe pathi, to represent the devotees of Ayya Vaikundar. As of the year of 2000 there are roughly over a million Anbukkodi makkal throughout India.
Ancalites Ancalites refers to a Celtic tribe living in and around the Thames Valley area. There is little evidence for their ever having existed, beyond the writings of Julius Caesar's "De Bello Gallico" (The Gallic War)There is some small evidence that the Ancalites inhabited the area around Henley], [[Oxfordshire;and the Wiltshire] tourist board claim them amongst Wiltshire's own ethnic ancestry, which would significantly increase their territory, but without [[archaeology|archaeological evidence, none of this can really be quantified.
Ancamna In Gallo-Roman religion, Ancamna was a water goddess worshipped particularly in the valley of the Moselle River. She was commemorated at Trier as the consort of Mars Lenus, and at Möhn as the consort of Mars Smertulitanos.
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot (also known as Wentworth—Burlington) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
AncĂłn, Panama AncĂłn is a township in central Panama, northeast of the city of Balboa. Ancon Hill is also the name of a large hill that overlooks Panama City, and served as a form of protection from pirates, and sea invasion.
Ancead Irea Ancead Irea, or Ancient Irea (Greek Αρχαία Ηραία), is an ancient Greek city located on the Alfios River, a few miles South-West of Lutra village in the province of Gortynia, prefecture of Arcadia. The founder of the city is purported to be Ireefs (Greek Ηραιεύς), who was son of Lykeon.
Ancel Keys Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 – November 20, 2004) was an American scientist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesised that different kinds of dietary fat had different effects on health.
Ancellotta Ancellotta is a wine grape variety mainly grown in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, but also in some other parts of north Italy, and in south Switzerland. Synonyms include Ancelotta di Massenzatico, Ancelotti, Balsamina Nera, Lancelotta, Rossissimo, Uino and Uvino.
Anceps In Greek and Latin meter, an anceps syllable is a syllable in a metrical line which can be either short or long. An anceps syllable may be called "free" or "irrational" depending on the type of meter being discussed.
Ancestor liberation ceremony The Ancestor liberation ceremony (Haewonshik) of the Unification Church is intended to release the earthbound spirits of dead people from attachments in the physical world. Some of these spirits, according to the church, hang around or cling to the spiritual bodies of living people, causing them difficulties such as poor health or bad luck.
Ancestor worship Ancestor worship (or ancestoral worship) is a religious practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living. All cultures attach ritual significance to the passing of loved ones, but this is not equivalent to ancestor worship.
Ancestors of Avalon Ancestors of Avalon is a 2004 fantasy novel written by Diana L. Paxson, and based on an idea of the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ancestors of Avalon details the fall of Atlantis, and the settlement of lands in pre-christian Britain.
Ancestral File Number An Ancestral File Number is a unique identifier for everyone who has a record in the Ancestral File format. AFNs are used as a genealogical indexing tool by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
Ancestral graph An ancestral graph is a graph with three types of edges: directed edge, bidirected edge, and undirected edge such that it can be decomposed into three parts: an undirected subgraph, a directed subgraph, and directed edges pointing from the undirected subgraph to the directed subgraph.
Ancestral reconstruction Originally proposed by Pauling and Zuckerkandl in 1963 the reconstruction of ancient proteins and DNA sequences has only recently become a significant scientific endeavor. The developments of extensive genomic sequence databases in conjunction with advances in biotechnology and phylogenetic inference methods have made ancestral reconstruction cheap, fast, and scientifically practical.
Ancestral Thames In central and southern Britain, during the Early and Middle Pleistocene, two rivers drained Britain, the Bytham River and the Thames. For most of Early Pleistocene, the ancestral Thames was the main river with, at its maximum extent, a catchment area that extended into Wales, and across East Anglia, and what is now the North Sea, to join the ancestral Rhine.
Ancestry-informative marker An ancestry-informative marker (AIM) is a gene, generally of humans, which has several polymorphisms that exhibit substantially different frequencies between groups of descendants derived from mutually inbred ancestral groups (often referred to as races by some sources). For example, the Duffy Null allele (FY*0) has a frequency of almost 100% of Sub-Saharan Africans, but occurs very infrequently in other races.
Ancien RĂ©gime Ancien RĂ©gime refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties (14th century to 18th century). The term is French for "Former Regime," but rendered in English as "Old Rule," "Old Order," or simply "Old Regime".
Ancien RĂ©gime in France The Ancien RĂ©gime, a French term rendered in English as "Old Rule," "Old Order," or simply "Old Regime", refers primarily to the aristocratic, social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. The administrative and social structures of the Ancien RĂ©gime were the result of centuries of nation-building, legislative acts (like the Ordinance of Villers-CotterĂŞts), internal conflicts and civil wars, but they remained a confusing patchwork of local privilege and historic differences until the French Revolution brought about a radical suppression of administrative incoherence.
Ancienne Belgique The Ancienne Belgique (AB) is a concert hall for contemporary music in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the historic heart of Brussels, it is one the leading concert venues in Belgium, hosting a wide variety of international and local acts.
Ancient (Stargate) The Ancients, also known as the Alterans and Lanteans, sometimes calling themselves Anqueetas in their language, are a human race in the fictional Stargate universe. They are the most advanced race known to have existed, having evolved millions of years prior to the present day and reaching their level of technology long before humanity evolved on Earth.
Ancient astronaut theories Ancient astronaut theories center around the proposal that the Earth has at some point in the distant past been visited by intelligent extraterrestrial beings, and that furthermore such contact is linked either to the origins of (or their developmental influence on) human cultures and technologies. These theories have been popularized (particularly in the latter half of the 20th century) by authors such as Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin, among others.
Ancient Anguish Ancient Anguish (commonly referred to in-game as AA) is a fantasy themed MUD based on the Amylaar driver which operates on the LPMud codebase. Coding for the mud by Zor and Drake started in 1991, and it opened to the public on February 2, 1992.
Ancient Azari language Azari, also spelled Adari, Adhari or (Ancient) Azeri, is the name used for the Iranian language which was spoken in Azerbaijan before it was replaced by the modern Azeri or Azerbaijani language, which is a Turkic language.Encyclopedia Iranica: p238-245
Ancient Books of Ys The Ancient Books of Ys are fictional works featured in Nihon Falcom's cult video games of the same name, adapted into three OVA series of anime. In the game, the books tell the history of a forgotten utopia that its hero must fight to uncover and eventually restore.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, located in the White Mountains of California, is home to the oldest known living trees on earth, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Pinus longaeva. The oldest tree, nicknamed "Methuselah", is more than 4,750 years old, and is not marked to ensure added protection from vandals.
Ancient 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 Persian who visited Vijayanagara in 1440, mention six fortifications before the gates to the royal palace.
Ancient City Ship An Ancient city ship is a large city-sized spaceship within the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, long ago constructed by the Ancients. Dwarfing even a Wraith Hive-Ship and Ori battlecruiser, the city ship is the largest ship ever encountered in the Stargate universe.
Ancient Control Chair In the fictional television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, the Ancient Control Chair is an Ancient control device which functions as a mental interface for those with the Ancient gene. "Rising" (Stargate Atlantis) The chair has been encountered on various Ancient outposts.
Ancient DNA Ancient DNA can be loosely described as any DNA recovered from biological samples that have not been preserved specifically for later DNA analyses. Examples include the analysis of DNA recovered from archaeological and historical skeletal material, mummified tissues, archival collections of non-frozen medical specimens, preserved plant remains, ice and permafrost cores, and so on.
Ancient Domains of Mystery ADOM (short for Ancient Domains of Mystery) is a roguelike game in which the player's aim is to stop the forces of Chaos which are invading the world of Ancardia. Like most roguelike games, ADOM uses ASCII graphics to represent the game world.
Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a long-standing civilization in north-eastern Africa. It was concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River, reaching its greatest extension during the second millennium BC, which is referred to as the New Kingdom period.
Ancient Egyptian architecture For at least ten thousand years, the Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations in the world. Even today, its architectural monuments, which include Great Pyramid of Kafu and the Great Sphinx, are among the largest and most famous buildings in the world.
Ancient Egyptian funerary texts The literature that make up the Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts are a collection of religious documents that were used in Ancient Egypt, usually to help the spirit of the concerned person to be preserved in the afterlife.
Ancient Egyptian medicine Ancient Egyptian medicine refers to the common medical practices of Ancient Egypt in the period circa 3300 BC until the Persian invasion of 525 BC. The ancient Egyptians had highly advanced medical practices for their time, including surgery, setting of bones and an extensive set of pharmacopoeia.
Ancient Egyptian multiplication Ancient Egyptian multiplication is an algorithm for multiplication that does not require the multiplication table, only the ability to multiply and divide by 2, and to add. Also known as Egyptian multiplication and Peasant multiplication, it decomposes one of the multiplicands (generally the larger) into a sum of powers of two and creates a table of doublings of the second multiplicand.
Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots The Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots is a fraternity comprised entirely of Master Masons in good standing, similar to societies of the Grotto and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. The society has local units called "pyramids" in California, Illinois, and New Jersey.
Ancient Egyptian royal titulary The royal titulary or royal protocol of an Egyptian Pharaoh is the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. It symbolises worldly power and holy might and also acts as a sort of mission statement for the reign of a monarch (sometimes it even changed during the reign).
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement Ancient Egyptian standards of measure evolved over a period of several thousand years as a combination of two systems. The oldest Egyptian body measures date to the late Pre-Dynastic where the glyph for cubit measure is included in several palettes.
Ancient Empires Ancient Empires is a 1991 educational computer game for DOS by The Learning Company designed to teach children history and problem solving. The player must navigate through twenty cavern chambers, recovering pieces of artifacts to advance to the next level.
Ancient footprints of Acahualinca The Ancient footprints of Acahualinca (IPA pronunciation: ), the "Huellas de Acahualinca", exist in Managua (the capital city of Nicaragua) near the south shore of Lake Managua (Lago Xolotlán) in a region that was called "El cauce". The tracks are petrified Paleo-Indian human footprints left behind in volcanic ash and mud that solidified 6000 years ago, shortly after the group of up to 15 people passed by.
Ancient Faith Radio Ancient Faith Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting both liturgical music as well as spoken-word content about the Eastern Orthodox Church in America. It is associated with the All Saints Orthodox Church of Chicago, Illinois.
Ancient Future Ancient Future is a musical ensemble popular in the world music genre. Founded in 1978, it is known for starting world fusion music, blending centuries-old music traditions, along with mixing them with modern music, such as jazz, rock or reggae.
Ancient Greek Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language, comprising two ancient periods of Greek history: Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) Greece. The Ancient era of Greek history normally includes also the Hellenistic (post-Classic) age, however that period formally composes its own stage in the Greek Language known as Koine Greek.
Ancient Greek clubs The most comprehensive statement we possess as to the various kinds of clubs which might exist in a single Greek state appears in a law of Solon quoted incidentally in the Digest of Justinian I (47.22), which guaranteed the administrative independence of these associations provided they kept within the bounds of the law.
Ancient Greek coinage The history of Ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms), into three periods, the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek world in about 600 BCE until the Persian Wars in about 480 BCE.
Ancient Greek comedy Greek comedy is the name given to a wide genre of theatrical plays written, and performed, in Ancient Greece. Along with tragedy, it makes up the greater portion of ancient Greek theatre, and its descendant traditions.
Ancient Greek eros Ancient Greeks used the word eros (Greek: ) to refer to different aspects of love. This diverse range of meanings is expressed by the plurality of Greek words for Love, reflecting the versatility and complexity of eros.
Ancient Greek warfare Ancient Greek warfare was dominated on land by the phalanx formation, a deep line formation consisting of hoplites equipped with heavy shields, spears and swords. The phalanx's plan was basically to advance toward the enemy with each phalangite's spear stretched toward the enemy.
Ancient history of Transylvania The Romans exploited the gold mines in the province extensively, building access roads and forts to protect them, like Abrud. The region developed a strong infrastructure and economy, based on agriculture, cattle farming and mining.
Ancient history of Yemen The ancient history of Yemen is especially important because Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population, a feature recognized by the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy, who described Yemen as Eudaimon Arabia (better known in its Latin translation, Arabia Felix) meaning "fortunate Arabia" or Happy Arabia.
Ancient humanoid (Star Trek) Ancient humanoids were a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe that were one of the universe's oldest sentient species. They were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase".
Ancient characters in Stargate In the Stargate fictional universe, the Ancients, also known as the Alterans and Lanteans, are the most advanced race known to have existed, having evolved millions of years prior to the present day and reaching their level of technology long before Human life evolved on Earth.
Ancient Church of the East The Ancient Church of the East is an offshot of the Assyrian Church of the East; it was formed in resistance to certain reforms and separated due to the question of hereditary succession of bishops and calendar changes in 1964. In 1968 the group elected a patriarch in opposition to Mar Shimun XXIII, Mar Thoma Darmo, who had been based in Trichur before moving to Baghdad.
Ancient India and Central Asia Ancient India and Central Asia have long traditions of socio-cultural, political and economic contact since remote antiquity. The two regions have common and contiguous borders, climatic continuity, similar geographical features and geo-cultural affinity.
Ancient Japan Ancient Japan is a term used for the early periods of Japanese history. Depending on the historian, it includes or excludes the Japanese Paleolithic (Stone Age, 100,000 BC – 10,000 BC), as well as the Jomon (10,000 BC – 300 BC) and Yayoi (900 BC – AD 300) periods, which are named after the place near Tokyo where the first sherds of pottery from this time period were found, and the Kofun (c AD 250–538) period, named after the giant tumulus royal tombs of the period.
Ancient Judaism (book) Ancient Judaism, also known as Ancient Palestine: Society and Religion, is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and sociologist, in early the 20th century. The original edition was in German - the essays on Ancient Judaism appeared originally in the 1917-1919 issues of the Archiv fur Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialforschung.
Ancient literature The History of literature begins with the history of writing, in Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, although the oldest literary texts that have come down to us date to a full millennium after the invention of writing, to the late 3rd millennium BC. The earliest literary authors known by name are Ptahhotep and Enheduanna, dating to ca.
Ancient Language (Inheritance) The Ancient Language refers to the oldest language of the land of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. The Ancient Language originated amongst the Grey Folk, an unknown culture that was destroyed long before the story of Eragon It is used primarily by the elves, Dragon Riders, Shades, and others to perform magic (gramaraye).
Ancient Macedonian army The army of ancient Macedon is considered to be among the greatest military forces of the ancient world. It became the formidable force known from history first under the rule of King Philip II of Macedon and then his son, Alexander the Great.
Ancient Macedonians The Ancient Macedonians were the inhabitants of Macedon in ancient times. Historians generally agree that the ancient Macedonians—whether they originally spoke a Greek dialect or a distinct language—were absorbed into the Koine Greek-speaking population in Hellenistic times.
Ancient 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 BCE. As with all works in the Hippocratic Corpus, authorship cannot be confirmed and is regarded as dubious by some historians of medicine.
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement Originally Ancient Mesopotamian weights and measures came from a collection of city states loosely organized by family, tribe and occupation. Consequently each city, kingdom and trade guild had its own standards until in the Letter of Nanse a call was made to agree on a common standard.
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or AMAAA was a law passed by the British government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument Acts legislating to protect the archaeological heritage of the UK.
Ancient Monuments Act of 1882 In 1882 the Ancient Monuments Protection Act recognising the need for a governmental administration on the protection of Ancient monuments finally passed, after a number of failed attempts on heritage protection acts. The gradual change towards a state based authority, responsible for the safeguarding of the Kingdoms national heritage manifested itself through the appointment of the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments in 1893, General Pitt-Rivers.
Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (full title Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys and Explorations) by Americans Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis is a landmark in American scientific research, the study of the prehistoric Mound builders of North America, and the early development of Archaeology as a scientific discipline. Published in 1848, it was the first volume of the Smithsonian Institution's Contributions to Knowledge series and the Institution's first publication.
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis The Rosicrucian Order, Ancient Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis (AMORC) is a worldwide mystical, philosophical, educational, humanitarian and fraternal organization devoted to the investigation, study and practical application of natural and spiritual laws. Membership is open to both men and women of the age of 18 or older.
Ancient Near East The terms ancient Near East or ancient Orient encompass the early civilizations predating classical antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East (Egypt, Iraq, Turkey), during the time roughly spanning the Bronze Age from the rise of Sumer and Gerzeh in the 4th millennium BCE to the expansion of the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE. As such, it is a term widely employed in the fields of Near Eastern archaeology, ancient History and Egyptology.
Ancient Order of the Froth Blower The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers was a humorous charitable organisation formed in 1924 by Bert Temple, an ex-soldier and silk-merchant, to raise ÂŁ100 for the children's charities of the surgeon, Sir Alfred Fripp. Each member of the 'spoof' Order was given a pair of silver, enamelled cuff-links and a membership booklet for his or her 5/-.
Ancient Order of Turtles The Association ("Turtle Club") is "an honorable drinking fraternity composed of ladies and gentlemen of the highest morals and good character, who are never vulgar" and who have successfully answered four from a list of about twenty-five qualifying questions. Each question suggests a vulgar, lewd, or salacious answer, but the actual correct answer is rather innocuous.
Ancient Orient Museum The Ancient Orient Museum is a small private museum in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia. It has a nice collection of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and several interesting pieces pertaining to the art of Palmyra and Persia.
Ancient philosophy This page lists some links to ancient philosophy, although for Western thinkers prior to Socrates, see Pre-Socratic philosophy. In Europe, the spread of Christianity through the Roman world marked the end of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy.
Ancient planter The term "'Ancient planter'" is applied to anyone who migrated to the Plantation of Virginia, before 1616, paid their passage, survived the Jamestown massacre of 1622 and survived for three years. They received the first land grants in Virginia?
Ancient Pueblo Peoples Ancient Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloans are terms preferred by some modern archaeologists for the cultural group of people often known as Anasazi, the ancestors of the modern Pueblo peoples. The ancestral Puebloans were a prehistoric Native American culture centered around the present-day Four Corners area of the Southwest United States.
Ancient religion Many or most of the faith traditions outside the Abrahamic monotheistic group of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This group may include the Dharmic religions, which technically incorporate pagan characteristics like nature-worship, polytheism and reverence of female deities, and are thus diametrically opposite to the Abrahamic faiths.
Ancient Roman marriage Ancient Roman marriage was often regarded more as a financial and political alliance than as a romantic association, especially in the upper classes. Roman fathers usually began seeking husbands for their daughters when they reached an age between twelve and fourteen.
Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a city-state founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. In its twelve-century existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy, the Roman Kingdom, to an oligarchic republic, the Roman Republic, to an empire, the Roman Empire.
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Ancient Rome: the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different time in the Roman Empire. The first episode was broadcast on 21st September 2006 and then on subsequent Thursdays.
Ancient Sanctuary Ancient Sanctuary (AST) was the eleventh English booster to be released in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, and the last one to follow the original English booster format (2 secret rares, 10 ultra rares, 10 super rares).
Ancient Stupas of Sri Lanka After Arahat Mahinda introduced Buddhism during the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (307-267 BC), In the Sri Lanka’s ancient sacred capital, Anuradhapura, the king built the Maha Vihara, a temple and residence for the monks, after dedicating the Nandana and Mahamega royal pleasure gardens to the Maha Sangha.
Ancient technology in Stargate The Ancients—also known as the "Alterans" and Lanteans—are the most advanced race to be discovered by the SGC. Among their many achievements, their transportational methods deserve a lot of praise, having built extremely advanced ships, flying cities, and the entire Stargate Network.
Ancient Tamil country The ancient Tamil country refers to the areas of South India and the northeastern Sri Lanka in which Tamil was the major language during ancient times. During the Sangam period, corresponding to roughly from 200 BCE to 200 CE, this area was ruled by the three Tamil dynasties of Chola, Pandya and Chera, later Kongu, Tondai, and Pallava.
Ancient Tamil music The ancient Tamil music was the music of the ancient Tamil people, who resided in the lands of the ancient Tamil country. Many poems of the Sangam literature, the classical Tamil literature of the early common era, were set to music.
Ancient Technology Activation gene In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, the Ancient Technology Activation gene (usually spoken as the ATA Gene), is a specific gene expression present in Ancients that is used as a sort of "genetic key", so only their kind can operate some of their technology, specifically the most powerful devices (similar to how certain Goa'uld technology requires naqahdah in the user's bloodstream).
Ancient Title Breeders' Cup Handicap The Ancient Title Breeders' Cup Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run each year during the Oak Tree Racing Association Meeting at Santa Anita Park. It's run at the sprint distance of 6 furlongs (approximately 1,200 metres) and its timing in October makes it a prep race for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain The Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain () are a collection of twelve burials for royalty of the Balhae (or BĂłhÇŽi) Kingdom. It is located on the Longtou Mountain, southeast Toudao Township (), Helong County (), Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China.
Ancient university Ancient university is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland that have continued to exist. Because no universities were founded in these countries between the 17th and 19th centuries, an ancient university effectively means one that was founded before the 17th century.
Ancient UNIX Systems "Ancient UNIX" is a term coined by Santa Cruz Operation (now SCO) to describe early releases of the Unix code base released prior to Unix System III. After the publication of the Lions' book, work was undertaken to release the earlier versions of the codebase.
Ancient Voices of Children Ancient Voices of Children is a composition by the American composer George Crumb. Written in 1970 the work is scored for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players) and was commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation.
Ancient woodland Ancient Woodland is a term used in the United Kingdom to refer specifically to woodland dating back to at least 1600 in England and Wales, (or 1750 in Scotland). Before this, planting of new woodland was uncommon, so a wood present in 1600 was likely to have developed naturally.
AncientBeetlemon AncientBeetlemon (AncientBeetmon in the Japanese version) is a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Insectoid Digimon with the power over thunder. His body combines elements of the Kabuterimon and Kuwagamon digivolution lines.
AncientKazemon AncientKazemon (AncientIrismon in Japan), a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Birdman Digimon with the power over wind. The power AncientKazemon possessed now lives on in Zoe, who wields the Spirits of Wind created by AncientKazemon.
AncientMegatheriumon AncientMegatheriumon, a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Beast Digimon with the power over ice. The size of a small mountain, he dominates the absolute zero, intensely cold frozen lands.

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