Although the titan Rhea does present Dionysus with an amethyst stone to preserve the wine-drinker's sanity in historical text.

Although large Chinese bridges of wooden construction existed at the time of the Warring States, the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is the Zhaozhou Bridge, built from 595 to 605 AD during the Sui Dynasty.

Although there is little surviving evidence of Irish culture, some elderly islanders can remember when the term " cilig " ( or killick ) was used to describe a common method of fishing for sea turtles by tricking them into swimming into prearranged nets ( this was dome by splashing a stone on a line-the cilig-into the water on the turtle's opposite side ).

Although the step pyramid for King Zoser of the 3rd Dynasty was important for the reason that it had exemplified unbelievable skill and the introduction of building with stone, it was also very symbolic.

Although some suggested that the diamond should have been presented as a gift to the Queen, it is clear that Dalhousie felt strongly that the stone was a spoil of war, and treated it accordingly.

Although the earlier Roman era Trajan's Bridge featured segmental arches, they were built of wood on top of stone piers.

Although knowledge of prehistoric Bhutan has yet to emerge through archaeological study, stone tools and weapons, remnants of large stone structures, and megaliths that may have been used for boundary markers or rituals provide evidence of civilization as early as 2000 BC.

Although many of Gardner's claims have since come under intensive criticism from sources both within and without the Neopagan community, his works remain the most important founding stone of Wicca.

Although stone arrowheads could not penetrate the armour of the Spanish soldier, they were effective as shrapnel against the breast plates of the soldiers ; however, stone and copper maces proved more effective in close combat ; yet it was the sling that proved most effective, because the rocks hurled could readily crush an armoured cavalryman ( caballero ).

Although he failed to fully decipher the script, Young was able to translate some of the text on the stone, leading the way for Champollion to begin his own investigations.

Although there are few old buildings and rarely new blue stone buildings, its use is generally limited to parts of the decorative walls.

Although accounts of the process differ, Smith is said to have translated the reformed Egyptian characters engraved on golden plates into English through various means including the use of a seer stone or the Urim and Thummim, or both.

Although the term jasper is now restricted to opaque quartz, the ancient iaspis was a stone of considerable translucency.

Although the sculpture on the portals at Chartres is generally of a high standard, the various carved elements inside, such as the capitals and string courses, are relatively poorly finished ( when compared for example with those at Reims or Soissons ) – the reason is simply that the portals were carved from the finest Parisian limestone, or ' ' calcaire ' ', while the internal capitals were carved from the local Berchere stone that is hard to work and can be brittle.

Although now much damaged, the stone can be reconstructed from the different surviving pieces.

Although the line was never extended over the mountains, it opened up the quarrying of stone for the railroad at Stout, furnishing another industry for the region.

Although only few traces remain of that palace, some Byzantine-Venetian architecture characteristics can still be seen at the ground floor, with the wall base in Istrian stone and some herring-bone pattern brick paving.

Although the foundation stone was placed on 17 April 1634 the disruption of the English Civil War meant it was not completed until sometime in 1676.

Although not much is known about these people, their existence is evidenced by the thousands of stone arrowheads that have been found all over the island.

Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric, particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct.

Although not truly unique, the cell walls of Archaea are unusual.

Although large sections of the walls have since collapsed into the harbour, much of shape and scale of the beds can still be seen today.

Although siege warfare had moved out from an urban setting because city walls had become ineffective against modern weapons, trench warfare was nonetheless able to use many of the techniques of siege warfare in its prosecution ( sapping, mining, barrage and, of course, attrition ) but on a much larger scale and on a greatly extended front.

Although Gropius and Meyer only designed the facade, the glass curtain walls of this building demonstrated both the modernist principle that form reflects function and Gropius's concern with providing healthful conditions for the working class.

Although it is often portrayed in popular culture as a weapon, the kunai was primarily used for gouging holes in walls.

Although Simeon generally had the upper hand, he was unable to gain a decisive advantage because of the impregnability of Constantinople's walls.

Although the box had no bottom, it was buoyant enough to float out to sea because of the watertight space between the inner and outer walls.

Although the fieldstone walls still stand, the future of this building is in doubt.

Although the river slowly eroded the land over this period of time, the most drastic changes took place at the end of the last Ice Age when the Missoula Floods cut the steep, dramatic walls that exist around Wishram today.

Although in 1519 he was obliged to buy off the khan of the Crimea, Mehmed I Giray, under the very walls of Moscow, towards the end of his reign he established Russian influence on the Volga.

Although corrugated iron is widely used as a roofing material throughout Australia, it is not commonly used for walls of houses.

Although enclosing walls for the burial ground were completed, the ground was, it appears, never consecrated or actually used by the authorities for burials.

Although not as visited as other towns in Tuscany, mostly due to the industrial environs, Pistoia presents a well-preserved and charming medieval city inside the old walls.

Although the city had many different streets and roads passing between the wards, city blocks, and buildings, there were distinct major roads ( lined up with the nine gates of the western, southern, and eastern walls of the city ) that were much wider avenues than the others.

Although now somewhat decayed, the battlements originally sported triple finial designs and featured a sequence of square holes running along the outside of the walls.

Although stone walls were built in China during the Warring States ( 481-221 BC ), mass conversion to stone architecture did not begin in earnest until the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ).

Although previously believed to have been built in an open field outside the city walls, the new parish church was in actuality likely built on an ancient cemetery dating back to Ancient Roman times ; excavations for a heating system in 2000 revealed graves, 2. 5 meters below the surface, which were carbon-dated to the 4th century.

Although the top storey has windows and walls, the roof was never added.

Khalidi described the village remaining structures in 1992 as: " Although sections of some walls still stand, most of the former houses have been reduced to rubble.

Although the Walled City was for many years a hotbed of criminal activity, most residents were not involved in any crime and lived peacefully within its walls.

Although the Olmsted firm had originally envisioned a Spanish or Mexican style design for the University, Link designed the campus with tan stucco walls, red-tiled rooftops, and extensive porticoes in an attempt to emulate the architecture of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.

Although most species live in burrows, cave-dwelling species also fasten their retreats to the cave walls.

Although Japanese who had studied with the Dutch at their settlement in Dejima advocated building with stone and brick this was not undertaken because of their vulnerability to earthquakes Machiya and storehouses from the later part of the period are characterised by having a black coloration to the external plaster walls.