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Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Antiquity Been Destination Important Pilgrimage Since

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The strong bond of sisterhood was a famous trait in classical art and literature about Amazons. But it was modern people who interpreted that as a sexual preference for women. That started in the 20th century. The Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared that Amazons were symbolic of lesbianism in antiquity.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: About Antiquity Art Bond Century Classical Famous Interpreted Literature Modern People Poet Preference Russian Sexual Sisterhood Started Strong Symbolic Trait Were Who Women 20Th Century

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I've always been interested in oral traditions and mythological stories and legends from antiquity that have to do with nature, attempts to explain mysterious or puzzling, or very striking phenomena from nature. Things that people observed or heard about in nature.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: About Always Antiquity Attempts Been Explain Heard Interested Legends Mysterious Nature Observed Oral People Phenomena Puzzling Stories Striking Things Traditions Very

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That whole heroic notion of the women warriors known as Amazons is extremely appealing. It was appealing in antiquity, and, throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, they're always portrayed as heroic, courageous, and the equals of men, and that's just extremely attractive and has been since antiquity.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Ages Always Antiquity Appealing Attractive Been Courageous Equals Extremely Heroic Just Known Men Middle Middle Ages Notion Portrayed Renaissance Since Throughout Warriors Whole Women

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Evidence pointing to eagle hunting's antiquity comes from Scythian and other burial mounds of nomads who roamed the steppes 3,000 years ago and whose artifacts abound in eagle imagery.

~Adrienne Mayor

Topics: Abound Antiquity Burial Eagle Evidence Hunting Imagery Other Pointing Who Whose Years Years Ago

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Marseilles, Barcelona, Trieste, Istanbul - each romances the Mediterranean in its own fashion, mostly by embracing the sea in sweeping C-shaped bays that date back to antiquity.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Antiquity Back Barcelona Date Each Embracing Fashion Istanbul Mediterranean Mostly Own Romances Sea Sweeping

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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.

~B. R. Ambedkar

Topics: Age Antiquity Dark Doubt Future Gandhi Ideals India Instead Looking Mind No Doubt People Returning Which

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To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.

~Basil Bunting

Topics: Antiquity Appreciate Conditions Present Them Those

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Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.

~Bayard Taylor

Topics: Although Antiquity Beyond City Considered Date Few Foundation Going Near Oldest Relic Tradition Very World

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Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

~Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Antiquity Conservatism Future Having Makes Offers Preparation Prescription Present Principle Progress Redress Rejected Respect Shrinks

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