cultural relics

collocation in English

meaningsofculturalandrelic

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cultural
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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relic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ɪk/us
/ˈrel.ɪk/
an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues ...
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(Definition ofculturalandrelicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1961, it was listed as a national keyculturalrelic.
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It is by now the only living hieroglyph in the world and is regarded as a preciousculturalrelicof mankind.
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The museum houses a collection of valuable cultural relics.
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There were some antiques and cultural relics scattered around and a loft upstairs where rugs and sewn handicrafts were for sale.
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There are eight sections and more than 20,000 cultural relics.
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Starting in 1980 the area was surveyed to document the cultural relics.
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Now, 108 mounds are known as large terraces in that time and 2300 cultural relics have been excavated from 7 graves.
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He authenticated, salvaged, and preserved abundant rare and valuable cultural relics for the country.
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The frescos, which are national cultural relics, can be seen in their full splendour after finishing their last restoration in 1994.
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Thirteen crimes were removed from the list of capital offenses in 2011, including smuggling of cultural relics, wildlife products, and precious metals.
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The temple still preserves valuable cultural relics from the original temple.
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It has a collection of more than 130,000 pieces of cultural relics through the ages.
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It is one of the five sites identified in the city's preservation area of cultural relics which has undergone several renovations.
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Its historical culture exhibition is famous for its cultural relics, which show the cultural deposits.
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The pavilion used high tech installations as well as cultural relics loaned from international museums.
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The province is rich in cultural relics.
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The tactic brought his colleagues and friends to protect cultural relics amid the conflicts since the control over the capital area had gone through some changes.
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