Word: ancient
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Associate Professor of Classics Thomas R. Martin said he and several assistants have developed software to take advantage of a data bank which contains the texts of almost every major Ancient Greek author. And in Social Analysis 10 "Principles of Economics," computers are used for statistical analysis, saving time and finding solutions where none could be found previously. The department also uses the technology to prepare economic models for students, opening up new methods of economic analysis, according to McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis...
...panel--a series of inlaid walls and ancient colonial doors still in use--shows the passage of time richly through layers of pastel paint. A Pepsi logo can just be noticed disappearing under splotches of local color...
Most unique in this exhibit, however, are the ten or so artisans featured demonstrating ancient and traditional skills and trades. These artisans from the People's Republic of China show how many of the items on display are created: a woodblock printer patiently applies each separate layer of a complicated flower design; a dough-figure craftsman fashions subjects too small to be seen without a magnifying glass; and two men effortlessly manipulate a seemingly undecipherable loom to produce a spectacular piece of silk--which requires hundreds of movements for every inch of design...
...Crimson program that in 1982-83 set an Ivy record with 12 league crowns, and the one that in 1983-84 won 11 Ancient Eight crowns, last year hit the dozen mark again, tying the Crimson's own mark for Ivy championships in a single year...
...exhibition in New York, which was coordinated by Maya Scholar Charles Gallenkamp, features objects of ineffable fragility and beauty. These include six polychrome ceramic bowls excavated over the past five years at Tikal, the largest of all the known ancient Maya cities. Found in tombs at a site dubbed Mundo Perdido in the Peten jungle of Guatemala, these funerary vessels depict the underworld gods and beasts that haunted the Mayas. One bowl rests on a turtle swimming in a painted, stylized underground sea. Rising from the lid is the symbol of resurrection, a long-beaked water bird...