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antiquity

[an-tik-wi-tee] / ænˈtɪk wɪ ti /
NOUN
old object
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms




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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

And yet here comes Simon Armitage, the poet laureate of the U.K., with his stunning new verse translation, not as a vandal of antiquity but as a lucid accomplice to its endurance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

That the statue survived at all is exceptional: in antiquity, bronze was a valuable raw material routinely melted down for weapons, coins or everyday objects.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Crystals within the Manhattan schist link urban modernity to deep antiquity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

When Buckland speculated on the antiquity of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton he could do no better than suggest that it had lived somewhere between "ten thousand, or more than ten thousand times ten thousand" years earlier.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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