Assertion: sacrum | /r/HasProperty | sacred
Facets:
value: surely
type: DEGREE
value: in greece
type: LOCATION
value: to the ancients
type: TEMPORAL
value: in rome
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: I was trying to pin down further why the sacrum was considered sacred in Greece and Rome when I came upon your article, and how amazing to discover that some of the indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere also regarded the sacrum as a sacred bone.
text: Whatever the exact explanation may be, the sacrum was surely sacred to the ancients.
text: As to why the sacrum was considered sacred, I think the explanation has to do with something I found in "Mechanical Disorders of the Low Back" by H. F. Farfan (B. S.C., M. D., C.M., F.R.C.S. (C)), published by Lea & Febiger,© 1973, pg 183: