Antiquity

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 of Classical antiquity, 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

See also