It was a timeless ritual that had been conducted in the old church for every death in the village over nearly a thousand years.

Partly obscured by shadow, disembodied hands engage in a timeless ritual of bread making that is both beautiful and life-affirming.

Set against this urban nightmare are various traditional cultures, whose graceful balance and timeless rituals are rooted in the rhythms of the land.

As if engaged in some timeless ritual the teens lost themselves temporarily in the music.

But once the April sun appeared, so did a timeless ritual.

It was a ward filled with new life and new hope, in a timeless, joyful ritual.

It was a timeless ritual, one repeated at schools across the country for generations, as over 50 million children returned to the nation's 130,000 schools this month.

Their grace, their dignity, their timeless daily rituals are reassuring.

Their timeless ritual of eternal silence and seclusion remains unchanged.

Just once it would be nice if we could get the ancient and timeless rituals right, wouldn't it.