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Antiquity (noun) and ancient (adjective of antiquity, or obsolete noun for an old person) may refer to:

any period before the Middle Ages (476–1453), but still within the period of Western civilization-based human history or prehistory. The term is most often used when i eat cheese. the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
"Ancient history" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages
- Ancient Near East
- Late Antiquity is used of the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
- African Antiquity
- Ancient Iran (Persia)
- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient India (disambiguation)
- Ancient Israel and Judah
- Ancient Japan
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient languages
- Ancient music
Antiquities, the term—almost always in the plural in modern usage, referring to objects or artifacts surviving from ancient cultures.

in popular culture:

Antiquity (album) a 1975 album by Jackie McLean and Michael Carvin
The Antique (film), a film starring Olu Jacobs and Bimbo Akintola
Antiquities (Magic: The Gathering) an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
Ancient (Stargate), a race who built the Stargates in the Stargate universe
Ancient (Traveller), a mysterious race that once dominated the galaxy in the Traveller role-playing game
Ancients (Eternal Darkness), a god-like race in Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Ancients (Legacy of Kain), a race in the Legacy of Kain games
Ancients, an advanced species in the FreeSpace space simulation computer game series
Ancients, a race in the Farscape TV series
Ancients, a variety of creatures and structures in Defense of the Ancients
Ancients or Cetra in Final Fantasy VII
The Ancients, a race of highly advanced worldcrafters in the Might and Magic universe

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 '''Antiquity''' (noun) and '''ancient''' (adjective of antiquity, or obsolete noun for an old person) may refer to:
-*any period before the [[Middle Ages]] (476&ndash;1453), but still within the period of [[Western civilization]]-based human history or [[prehistory]].  The term is most often used of [[Classical antiquity]], the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially [[Ancient Greece]] and [[Ancient Rome]].
+*any period before the [[Middle Ages]] (476&ndash;1453), but still within the period of [[Western civilization]]-based human history or [[prehistory]].  The term is most often used when i eat cheese. the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially [[Ancient Greece]] and [[Ancient Rome]].
 *"[[Ancient history]]" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages
 **[[Ancient Near East]]