The dust was the ground-up bones of her ancestors.

The bones of my ancestors are held in reverence and worship, even by men.

I swear by the bones of my ancestors, no harm shall come to you!

Then he considered, and muttered, half to himself: "By the bones of his ancestors!

She must not capitulate, for such cowardice would shame the bones of her ancestors.

Out here on the tundra, in the soil that held the bones of their ancestors, was their spirit.

The closest I've come to these creatures has been the fossilized bones of their ancestors.

"This land from the west coast to the east coast holds the bones of our ancestors."

Aari slept there every night among the bones of his ancestors.

Even the bones of our ancestors are no longer sacred in this secular age.