The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some of the oldest oracular shrines.

Adobe structures are extremely durable, and account for some of the oldest existing buildings in the world.

This amber, roughly 125 – 135 million years old, is considered of high scientific value, providing some of the oldest sampled ecosystem.

Descriptions of various beer recipes can be found in Sumerian writings, some of the oldest known writing of any sort.

The faunal stages from youngest to oldest, together with some of their subdivisions, are:

Insects diversified during the Cretaceous, and the oldest known ants, termites and some lepidopterans, akin to butterflies and moths, appeared.

One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies.

Geography-note: landlocked ; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe ; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe

Kilsyth also claims the oldest purpose-built curling pond in the world at Colzium, in the form of a low dam creating a shallow pool some 100 × 250 metres in size, though this is now very seldom in condition for curling because of warmer winters.

The two oldest printed Chinese calendars are dated 877 and 882 ; they were found at the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Dunhuang ; Patricia Ebrey writes that it is no surprise that some of the earliest printed items were calendars, since the Chinese found it necessary to calculate and mark which days were auspicious and which were not.

* Code of Ur-Nammu – the oldest known tablet containing a law code surviving today, it predates the Code of Hammurabi by some 300 years

One of the oldest means of receiving DTV ( and TV in general ) is using an antenna ( known as an aerial in some countries ).

Eritrean history is home to some of the oldest civilizations on the continent.

The Greenland craton is made up of some of the oldest rocks on the face of the earth.

Leonard, the oldest, developed the Italian accent he used as Chico Marx to convince some roving bullies that he was Italian, not Jewish.

These are amongst the oldest rocks in Europe and some of the oldest in the world, having been formed in the Precambrian " super-eon ", up to 3 billion years ago.

The consensus is that " the Iliad and the Odyssey date from around the 8th century BC, the Iliad being composed before the Odyssey, perhaps by some decades ," i. e. earlier than Hesiod, the Iliad being the oldest work of Western literature.

Physics is, in some senses, the oldest and most basic pure science ; its discoveries find applications throughout the natural sciences, since matter and energy are the basic constituents of the natural world.

The ancient Yew tree in the churchyard is believed to be the oldest yew in the country, with a girth of some nine metres.

The oldest known paintings are at the Grotte Chauvet in France, claimed by some historians to be about 32, 000 years old.

Most of the major parts, however, were made elsewhere, including some probably fabricated at the West Milwaukee railshops where oldest brother William A. Davidson was then toolroom foreman.

The hypothesis reappeared in 1786 when Sir William Jones first lectured on the striking similarities between three of the oldest languages known in his time: Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, to which he tentatively added Gothic, Celtic, and Persian, though his classification contained some inaccuracies and omissions.

With some exceptions, such as medical alert bracelets or military dog tags, jewellery normally differs from other items of personal adornment in that it has no other purpose than to look appealing, but humans have been producing and wearing it for a long time – with 100, 000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery.

The oldest prayer books date from the time of the Geonim of Babylonia ; " some were composed by respected rabbinic scholars at the request of far-flung communities seeking an authoritative text of the required prayers for daily use, Shabbat, and holidays.

Many tekkes survive to this day, some in the form of mosques while others have become museums such as the Cerrahi Tekke and the Sünbül Efendi and Ramazan Efendi mosques and türbes in Fatih, the Galata Mevlevihanesi in Beyoğlu, the Yahya Efendi tekke in Beşiktaş, and the Bektaşi Tekke in Kadıköy, which now serves Alevi Muslims as a cemevi.

It is expected to revitalize some of the most commercial and historic districts in the City of Kabul, which will contain numerous historic mosques and shrines as well as viable commercial activities among and within war-damaged buildings.

Egyptian mosques vary in amenities, as some have Islamic schools ( madrasahs ) while others have hospitals or tombs.

In some instances mosques have been established on the places of Jewish or Christian sanctuaries associated with Biblical personalities who were also recognized by Islam.

In nearly two-thirds of American mosques, women pray behind partitions or in separate areas, not in the main prayer hall ; some mosques do not admit women at all due to the lack of space and the fact that some prayers, such as the Friday Jummah, are mandatory for men but optional for women.

In certain times and places, non-Muslims were expected to behave a certain way in the vicinity of a mosque: in some Moroccan cities, Jews were required to remove their shoes when passing by a mosque ; in 18th century Egypt, Jews and Christians had to dismount before several mosques in veneration of their sanctity.

This mosque is considered by some one of the world's most beautiful mosques

There are various jobs available for the Islamic clergy at mosques, such as leading public prayers, preaching, and delivering sermons, especially at Friday prayers and some have made missionary activities a lifelong activity.

The Babri Mosque was one of the largest mosques in Uttar Pradesh, a state in India with some 31 million Muslims.

Afterwards, the city was referred to as " free rebel town "; banners in the city streets proclaimed victory over the United States, and some of its mosques praised the Iraqi insurgency.

In the process, they invaded several mosques to seize weaponry, and there were reports of damage to some of Shia Islam's holiest shrines.

Concordant with the ancient presence of Islam in the Horn of Africa region, mosques in Somalia are some of the oldest on the entire continent.

Frequently, hypostyle mosques have outer arcades so that visitors can enjoy some shade.

During the worship service, the muezzin in some mosques stands on a special platform ( called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish ), which is opposite the imam's minbar and gives responses during the imam's sermon, the khutbah.

In some mosques there is a platform ( müezzin mahfili in Turkish ) opposite the minbar.

One finds there masonries and mosques of the 17th century ; Ketchaoua mosque ( built in 1794 by the Dey Baba Hassan ) flanked of two minarets, mosque el Djedid ( 1660, at the time of Turkish regency ) with its large finished ovoid cupola points some and its four coupolettes, mosque El Kébir ( oldest of the mosques, it was built by Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin and rebuilt later in 1794 ), mosque Ali Betchnin ( Raïs, 1623 ), Dar Aziza, palate of Jénina.

Some have been dated back to over a thousand years ago and have been recognized as some of the oldest mosques within South East Asia.

Arncliffe features some landmark churches and mosques.

Karaman has retained ruins of a Karamanid castle and some walls, two mosques and a Koran school ( madrasah ) from that age.