Sentence: But except where it has hitherto been protected by the sanctity of the tomb, there is so little that remains to us,so few textiles have survived the friction of use, or even that of the air, through as many as a thousand years or more, that we may plead the hunger for truth, and the eager desire for proofs of identity and verification of historical legends, which are to be extracted from the shape of a garment, from the pattern on the border, or the lettering on the web of which it is composed whence we reverently cut a fragment, and preserve it under glass.
Combination: a thousand years or more (root: year, modifier: more)
Property: ancient
Property type: emergent