It may sound rather fanciful to our western world, but many such ancient ideas are associated in some way with established scientific fact.

Not at all according to his ancient ideas of protocol.

That's an ancient idea, and she made sure it would not work.

When things are unstable, thinking about these ancient ideas provides some kind of reference.

Selecting men for office through proven merit was an ancient idea in China.

It is, however, an ancient idea which has been noticed in many civilisations and cultures.

It offers a way into percussive ideas new and ancient.

But retailers might profit even more if they were sensitive to the ancient religious ideas behind the holiday.

She said, "Anthrocosmology is really just the modern form of an ancient idea.

He took the ancient idea that art describes a complete world or system, and filled it with modern energy.