ancient history

Fifty years later, cultural norms around unplanned pregnancy and single motherhood have shifted in ways that make the world of maternity homes seem like ancient history.

Erick views his divorce as ancient history, so he talked about how he and his ex-wife met, struggled with infertility and in vitro fertilization and ultimately ended their relationship many years ago.

This is not recent history, but it is not ancient history, either.

He completed his undergraduate degree in ancient history at Bristol University before moving on to Yale for his master’s degree in international relations.

For a young woman of the post-millennial generation, Sade might seem as ancient history as jazz legend Billie Holiday.

Does any of this ancient history of the bellbottom era sound familiar to you, fellow millennial geeks?

It seems to me like ancient history, whether fact or fiction.

But that may be ancient history in Providence, where the still-beloved figure may seek one more go of it in City Hall.

What he could not foresee was that a half century later Freedom Summer would not be ancient history.

D-Day was 70 years ago, and to midshipmen of today, it is all but ancient history.

It is impossible to form a just estimate of the Bible without some knowledge of ancient history and comparative mythology.

The ruined arches of the old bridge carry the imagination back into the ancient history of the town.

Boucher, moved to the depths of his consciousness by Diderot, resolved to paint a picture taken from ancient history.

Yes; she was the love of my life—I may say it now, for it is ancient history—and she loved you.

I am personally a trifle sceptical on this point, and believe that the key to this part of ancient history is yet to be found.