Its ancient cult of Aphrodite was the most important, after Paphos, in Cyprus, her homeland, though the ruins of Amathus are less well-preserved than neighboring Kourion.

Its value is the insight it provides to the ancient culture of Egypt.

Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of Hindu society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting until today.

Its origin is lost in the mists of time, but from the evidence of the ancient oral and written literature, it has been present in one form or another since at least the 6th century or before.

Its ancient Latin name was Sinus Codanus.

Its alternate ancient names include,, and.

Its ancient name was identified in the mid-1990s as Masuul.

Its source is just 240 km ( 150 mi ) inland from the Atlantic Ocean, but the river runs directly away from the sea into the Sahara Desert, then takes a sharp right turn near the ancient city of Timbuktu ( Tombouctou ) and heads southeast to the Gulf of Guinea.

Its foundations were laid on the site of an ancient outdoor sanctuary dedicated to Zeus.

Its ancient wards have very unequal numbers of voters.

Its closest ancient relatives are the Iranian languages Old Persian and Avestan.

Its name is thought to come from the ancient Arabian town of Suluk, Libya, although in the modern era it has also been called the Gazelle Hound or Persian Greyhound.

Its history goes back to the Roman harbour ( named " Portus Luguidonis "-presumably located in the little bay in front of the ancient church of St. John ), from where the Romans entered inner Sardinia.

Its political origin is traced to the ancient Gallic state of the Andes, on the lines of which was organized, after the conquest by Julius Caesar, the Roman civitas of the Andecavi.

Its meaning is derived from a very ancient form of simple social organization in which decision-making powers are reserved for the eldest men.

Its harbour, mentioned as early as 181 BC, was probably the principal one of the district in ancient times, as it is at present, and was the centre of a fishery.

Its origins are ancient.

Its libraries contain a number of ancient documents, among them the condaghes, Sardinia's first legal codes and the first documents written in the Sardinian language ( 11th century ) and the famous Carta de Logu ( the constitution issued by Marianus IV of Arborea and updated later by his daughter the Giudichessa Eleanor of Arborea ) in the 14th century.

Its unique structure plays on the city's namesake in Egypt, known for its ancient pyramids.

Its use in ancient times was widespread, and Nyrop gives examples: " people threw themselves down on the ground before their rulers, kissed their footprints, literally ' licked the dust ,' as it is termed.

Its first exhibits were copies of ancient statuary, thought indispensable for the education of art students.

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Its similarity to the ancient lectionary is particularly obvious during Trinity season ( Sundays after the Sunday after Pentecost ), reflecting that understanding of sanctification.

Its ancient mythical setting included sea gods, nymphs, and fauns, and the actors appeared naked.

Its name means " earth wolf " in the Afrikaans / Dutch language.

Its name is Latin for " water-carrier " or " cup-carrier ", and its symbol is 20px (), a representation of water.

Its Roman name was Obringa.

Its name means " pump " and it specifically represents an air pump.

Its name means " no feet " in Greek, and it represents a bird-of-paradise ( which were once believed to lack feet ).

Its name has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations.

Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State.

Its scientific name is Musa textilis.

Its name implies associations dating back to the time of Columba and, although undocumented before the 12th century, it may have served the monks of the Columban family as an ' Iona of the east ' from early times.

Its name is frequently shortened to in Japan.

Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Its name was changed by Lysimachus to Alexandria Troas, in memory of Alexander III of Macedon ( Pliny merely states that the name changed from Antigonia to Alexandria ).

Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to revolutionise musical structure as well as the political context in his native Nigeria.

Its name commemorates the uprisings in East Berlin of 17 June 1953.

Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 and, in 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.

Its name can be connected to drum and bass or Miami Bass, whose influence can still be heard in Bass music's edgey raw energy.

Its name comes from a nightclub in London that is also called Bedrock.

Its first product was Turbo Pascal in 1983, developed by Anders Hejlsberg ( who later developed. NET and C # for Microsoft ) and before Borland acquired the product sold in Scandinavia under the name of Compas Pascal.

Its name originates from the gin's popularity in India during the British Raj and the sapphire in question is the Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

Its Cornish name, Goen Bren, is first recorded in the 12th century.

Its English name, chive, derives from the French word cive, from cepa, the Latin word for onion.

Its name is Latin for " horned male goat " or " goat horn ", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea-goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish.

Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.

Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often called ' the whale ' today.