Many of us may even be secretly relieved at having a plausible excuse to delegate ancient civic responsibilities to a new bureaucracy of experts.

Many ancient civilizations alloyed metals for purely aesthetic purposes.

Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius, though accounts vary.

Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mold and plant materials and extracts to treat infections.

Many city-states in ancient Greece limited debt slavery to a period of five years and debt slaves had protection of life and limb, which regular slaves did not enjoy.

Many changes that were subsequent with ancient historians, despite following in his footsteps, criticised Herodotus, starting with Thucydides.

Many believe that al-kīmīā is derived from χημία, which is in turn derived from the word Chemi or Kimi, which is the ancient name of Egypt in Egyptian.

Many thinkers point to the concept of citizenship beginning in the early city-states of ancient Greece, although others see it as primarily a modern phenomenon dating back only a few hundred years.

Many of the ancient Persian columns are standing, some being more than 30 metres tall.

Many ancient cultures used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial purposes, a trend which continues to the present time in the form of art knives.

Many of the insect endosymbionts have been shown to have ancient associations with their hosts, involving strictly vertical inheritance.

Many heraldic shields derive from ancient house marks.

Many ancient critics also rejected Theogony ( e. g. Pausanias 9. 31. 3 ) but that seems rather perverse since Hesiod mentions himself by name in that poem ( line 22 ).

Many of the kings of ancient Greece traced their lines to one or another of these, notably the kings of Sparta and Macedon.

Many ancient civilizations were influenced by the Silk Road, which connected China, India, the Middle East and Europe.

Many other ancient societies have references to this phenomenon, but it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries before the concept developed into scientific theory.

Many ancient cultures around the world have independently discovered and formulated inks for the purposes of writing and drawing.

Many sectors were left in ruins and ancient monuments became fields of grass used as pastures for animals, thus the Roman Forum became the campo vaccinio: the field of cows.

Many of these writers used Pausanias as their guide to the geography and sights of the region, but were also concerned to correlate modern Greek place-names with ancient evidence.

Many ancient murals have survived in Egyptian tombs ( around 3150 BC ), the Minoan palaces ( Middle period III of the Neopalatial period, 1700-1600 BC ) and in Pompeii ( around 100 BC-AD 79 ).

Many Buddhist philosophical works lost in Tibet and elsewhere are preserved in older and purer form in Mongolian ancient texts ( e. g. the Mongolian Kanjur ).

Many contemporary and technologically advanced movies often rely on ancient myths to construct narratives.

Many applications, practices, and devices associated or involved in metallurgy were established in ancient China, such as the innovation of the blast furnace, cast iron, hydraulic-powered trip hammers, and double acting piston bellows.

Many " authentic Ainu villages " advertised in Hokkaido such as Akan and Shiraoi are tourist attractions and provide an opportunity to see and meet Ainu people.

Many of those forced to evacuate the cities were resettled in newly created villages, which lacked food, agricultural implements, and medical care.

Many libraries and reading rooms were established in small towns and villages, and numerous printed periodicals reflected the growing interest in popular education.

Many Polish towns and villages ( the best known are Lipnica Murowana in Małopolska and Łyse ) organize artificial palm competitions.

Many large towns and villages within the county have merged with the city, due to urban sprawl, so they can be viewed as suburbs of Tirana.

Many of the students came from the surrounding farms and villages of the Western Reserve, but Hiram soon gained a national reputation and students began arriving from other states.

Many Shaker villages had their own tanneries, sold baskets, brushes, bonnets, brooms, fancy goods, and homespun fabric that was known for high quality, but were more famous for their medicinal herbs, garden seeds, apple-sauce, and knitted garments ( Canterbury ).

Many small gambling houses cropped up in abandoned temples or shrines at the edge of towns and villages all over Japan.

Many villages and even large cities draw their water supply from wells in aquifers.

Many villages are now predominantly dormitory locations and have suffered the loss of shops, churches and other facilities.

Many villages in South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North East Derbyshire, County Durham, South Wales and Northumberland are known as pit villages.

Many of the Lebanese villages are a part of districts, these districts are known as " kadaa " which includes the districts of Baabda ( Baabda ), Aley ( Aley ), Matn ( Jdeideh ), Keserwan ( Jounieh ), Chouf ( Beiteddine ), Jbeil ( Byblos ), Tripoli ( Tripoli ), Zgharta ( Zgharta / Ehden ), Bsharri ( Bsharri ), Batroun ( Batroun ), Koura ( Amioun ), Miniyeh-Danniyeh ( Minyeh / Sir Ed-Danniyeh ), Zahle ( Zahle ), Rashaya ( Rashaya ), Western Beqaa ( Jebjennine / Saghbine ), Sidon ( Sidon ), Jezzine ( Jezzine ), Tyre ( Tyre ), Nabatiyeh ( Nabatiyeh ), Marjeyoun ( Marjeyoun ), Hasbaya ( Hasbaya ), Bint Jbeil ( Bint Jbeil ), Baalbek ( Baalbek ), and Hermel ( Hermel ).

Many Papuan residents of Port Moresby either returned to their family villages or were evacuated to camps when the threat of Japanese invasion loomed.

But with a mixed command he was reorganizing and training up on the fly ( Many Australian units were drilling with wooden mockups of rifles in August 1942 ) before MacArthur's people could set up his planned defensive bases on the north coast of eastern Papua, the Japanese Army had moved in and taken both north-coast villages he'd targeted for bases as reinforcements and war materials finally began to trickle in from the States in July — Buna and Gona — several weeks before the forces and transports his staff was organizing could have reached them in strength — at a time when Japan's Navy and Air forces were dominant every where they chose to go.

Many rural Chukchi, as well as Russians in Chukotka's villages, have survived in recent years only with the help of direct humanitarian aid.

Many villages and towns in the area are internationally known, such as Portofino, Bordighera, Lerici, and the Cinque Terre.

Many villages that once existed, are now at the bottom of the sea.

Many of these places remain single farms or dwellings, whilst some have grown into villages and towns.

Many villages in the area have names that are of Romanian origin, such as Jeian, Buzet (" lips "), Katun (" hamlet "), Letaj, Sucodru (" under a forest "), Costirceanu ( a Romanian name ).

Many farms and estates had their own orchards, and many varieties of pear developed that were unique to particular parishes or villages.

Many of the villages lost more than two thirds of their populations, as Slovenes from Slavia Veneta moved to larger urban areas in Northern Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

Many London localities started their existence as small villages along these rivers, and their place names reflect their origin.

Many Cahokians fled in fear of the British, or because they wanted to live under a Catholic power ; some went to French villages on the west of the Mississippi River, such as Ste.