Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Saviour's Church in Southwark, London, by presenting to it a memorial window of John Harvard. He was baptined in the church on Nov. 29, 1607, and it was therefore decided that the college of which he was the founder should take part in the work of restoring the ancient English building...
Letters received at Yale University say that important discoveries have been made in the excavations at Corinth under the auspices of the American School at Athens. The site of the ancient city has been found in a number of places. A broad, paved street has been laid bare, and a great number of red figures and vases of an exceedingly ancient period have been found. It was necessary to excavate at great depth, sometimes reaching nearly thirty feet below the surface...
What was formerly course 12 is now course 14, and the present 12 is a new course on ancient philosophy, offered by Dr. Bakewell...
...illustrations. These illustrations, some of which are in the text, and others in the form of halftone reproductions from photographs, give a very clear idea of the ruins of this prehistoric city; and to most persons they will be a revelation of the remarkable architecture and sculpture of this ancient people of Central America. Several of the huge monoliths or idols, as they are generally called, with their respective altars, are shown in these illustrations, as are also a number of pieces of sculpture representing the ancient gods and priests...
...fully cut blocks of stone. In these temples are a number of chambers, several of which have been cleared in the process of exploration so that their structure is in part understood; but a great amount of work is still to be done before all the structures of this ancient city are known. The ruins extend for several miles along the Copan river and give evidence that this region once sustained a numerous population...