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Ruins are the remains of a building, structure, or site that has been damaged or destroyed, often as a result of age, neglect, or violence. They may have historical, architectural, or cultural significance.
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Ruins
Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction. Natural disaster, war and depopulation are the most common root causes, with many structures becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging. There are famous ruins all over the world, from ancient sites in China, the Indus valley and Judea to Zimbabwe in Africa, ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman sites in the Mediterranean basin, and Incan and Mayan sites in the Americas. Ruins are of great importance to historians, archaeologists and anthropologists, whether they were once individual fortifications, places of worship, houses and utility buildings, or entire villages, towns and cities. Many ruins have become UNESCO World Heritage Sites in recent years, to identify and preserve them as areas of outstanding value to humanity.
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ruins
1. The hope of the ancient yesterday. 2. Absolute proof that the world of dreams, like the planet earth, is round. (Ruins are chiefly notable for the number of enlightened liars, called archeologists, they produce.)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ruins in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ruins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of ruins in a Sentence
How many of our brothers these days are living through a real and dramatic situation of exile, far from their homelands. In their eyes they still have the ruins of their homes.
It was absolutely wonderful, I got to show them what these ancient ruins look like, i would never be able to take them to see ruins in Italy and Greece. So, they were able to explore and point it out and see how these people actually performed.
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
A few times in Ayutthaya, while visiting the historical city ruins district with my wife, we saw tourists fail to comply with the rules of etiquette.
I guess this ruins our chance for dinner saturday night, huh?
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