ancient texts
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- noun
- /ˈeɪnʃənt tɛksts/
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textos antiguos
- Most of that information in the Bible came from the Dead Sea Scrolls—ancient texts discovered in a cave ages ago.
We, we have found some ancient texts preserved in weird ways every so often.
- We, we have found some ancient texts preserved in weird ways every so often.
- At what point did you become aware of these ancient texts and go translate them and learn about them?
- I like these ancient texts to see how how they they would judge their own.
- A higher intelligence would end in our ancient texts.
- How did you get into all of this ancient religious stuff and ancient texts and linguists and and this whole world?
- It seems to be very accurate that as the ancient texts predict that good health is improved.
- This is a way that's out of whack with nature, or to use their terminology, since there's no out of whack in ancient texts contrary to nature.
Examples
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The archaeological remains of this site, when read in tandem with the ancient texts, provide an important interpretive lens for understanding early Christian asceticism.
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The Christian scholar who named Ibn Ishak was nicknamed the Sheikh of Translators for his role translating ancient texts into Arabic.
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Surely the ancient texts spoke of such matters.
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The ancient texts can never be translated.
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A few ancient texts provide almost all that is known of the expedition.
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From the warnings of ancient texts to modern literary debate, the subject never leaves our consciousness.
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Impressed by the Carthaginian general's daring, he soon began searching out all things Hannibal, from ancient texts to Roman paintings.
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Since antiquity, scholars have matched the ancient texts against the features of the southern Alps to try and identify the pass Hannibal traversed.
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After hiking the area for years, Prevas argues that the Traversette best fits the description in the ancient texts, from the details of the bare-rock place to the year-round snow on the summit.
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We have access to ancient texts that have been kept secret for centuries.
Synonyms
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A handwritten book from ancient times used instead of a scroll
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A record from the past that helps us learn about people or events
How Old
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'written works from an early period' is directly derivable from combining 'ancient' (pertaining to early history) with 'text' (a written work). This simple adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Ancient texts comes from the simple image of very old pieces of writing: ancient means 'very old' and texts are written pieces like clay tablets or dusty scrolls found in tombs or old libraries. When experts open these fragile objects and read stories or records from long ago, we call them ancient texts, meaning 'written works from a very early period'.