ancient
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Adapted from Homer's ancient Greek poem, The Odyssey will star Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya, and Nolan played a key section of the film featuring the Trojan Horse at CinemaCon.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
This whole area, which to me, is the ancient part of the site, became the starting point.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Its plot conjures up a powerful spirit from an ancient epoch: the era of Richard Nixon, when “The Exorcist” was released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Inside a paleobiology lab lined with cabinets of ancient fossils, the Virginia Tech undergraduate held up a rough, pitted skull.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
We enter through one of the ancient walled gates into the old city, driving slowly through the bumpy cobblestoned streets and narrow alleys.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing ancient
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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It's Lit: Hanukkah Words
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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