antiquity
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"The new finds of Homo teeth from 2.6 -- 2.8 million year old sediments -- reported in this paper -- confirms the antiquity of our lineage," said Brian Villmoare, lead author and ASU alumnus.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
In antiquity, the city of Tyre was at various times Phoenician, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
If a viewer tunes in to a show about Egyptian archaeology and the artifacts of antiquity, he or she is likely already deeply interested, so the cheerleading is unnecessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Crystals within the Manhattan schist link urban modernity to deep antiquity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Though rightly known in her time as a city of lights, never in antiquity could she have shone quite like this.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Vocabulary lists containing antiquity
The Hobbit
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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