the ancients

plural noun

: the people who lived in ancient times : the people of ancient Greece and Rome

a temple built by the ancients

the gods of the ancients

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The item in question was a 1,000-year-old astrolabe, a tool designed by the ancients for celestial navigation, telling time and reading horoscopes. —

Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024 That healing facilities would be located next to cult sites is a reflection of how faith and medicine were intertwined in the minds of the ancients, explains Caldwell. —

Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2024 Judging from tribal stories and archaeological findings, the ancients were ingenious in their ability to survive in this parched desert landscape. —

Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 Majanga and his fellow guides are torchbearers for the ancients, the modern-day storytellers of Tsodilo Hills. —

Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 June 2022 There's a comfort and a peculiar beauty in that, stretching across the centuries from the ancients to our own times. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 May 2022 Southern Ukraine, where Russian troops are now besieging cities and bombing hospitals, was well known to the ancients. —

Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Foaming Clay Cleanser, which operates similar to the soap paste the ancients used. —

Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Apr. 2022 That’s how the ancients discovered five of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. —

Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022