plural of ancientry

Seven man-made structures that were listed and accepted as the greatest such in the vicinity of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. (The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Giza, the Statue of Zeus, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.)

ancientness

A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

(law) In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older than a certain age (usually twenty years) and in a condition that makes it free from suspicion concerning its authenticity, and was found in a place where such a writing was likely to be kept.

plural of ancient document

(Christianity) A church descended from the historical Church of the East, which split from the Assyrian Church of the East over differences concerning the calendar.

A civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from ca. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE. Noted for building the Great Pyramids of Giza.

(obsolete) age; antiquity / (obsolete) seniority

Any of the extraterrestrial beings that, according to the pseudoscientific belief of paleocontact, visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human culture, technology, or religion.