1.   The khthons showed no interest in the ancient relic.

2.   Even shoppers wonder why the mummy is not in a museum and how an ancient relic can be bought retail.

3.   He was accused of taking a bribe and freeing a man charged with stealing ancient relics from the local Catholic church.

4.   Once the exposition is laid out, the story about a long-dead teenager and some ancient indigenous relics she uncovered is taut and engrossing.

5.   The antique skeleton-shape keys with a half-century of rust on them looked like ancient relics in the small hands of the school children.

6.   The discarded funny hats by dawn seem like ancient relics, the sequined gowns as odd as the discarded styles of some justifiably forgotten decade.

7.   They smashed ancient relics and persecuted people deemed to harbor counter-revolution.

8.   But the one fired on Monday was a high-speed train between Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, all tourist centers because of their ancient Egyptian relics.

9.   Critics contend the project demonstrates a communist love for unrestrained development and will ruin lives, rare plants and ancient relics.