as in ancientness
the state of being something old
despite their indisputable antiquity, many of the carvings look like they could have been made yesterday
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Now, though, 12 galleries displaying at least 15,000 artifacts each are welcoming 4,000 visitors as part of a trial, according to Egypt’s assistant to the minister of antiquities, Al-Tayeb Abbas.
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The Agora of Smyrna founded in the 4th century B.C. and rebuilt by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius following an earthquake in 178 A.D. was the city’s political and commercial center and is one of the largest antiquities of that type still visible.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Egypt is finally allowing the public to view some of the 700,000 years' worth of antiquities devoted to four eras of history on a plot the size of 80 football fields, a project delayed for nearly two decades by war, an armed uprising and the pandemic.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Augustine had grown up in the religious bazaar of late antiquity, where traditional Roman religion, Christianity, and various gnostic and philosophic sects had adherents.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The Agora of Smyrna founded in the 4th century B.C. and rebuilt by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius following an earthquake in 178 A.D. was the city’s political and commercial center and is one of the largest antiquities of that type still visible.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Egypt is finally allowing the public to view some of the 700,000 years' worth of antiquities devoted to four eras of history on a plot the size of 80 football fields, a project delayed for nearly two decades by war, an armed uprising and the pandemic.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Augustine had grown up in the religious bazaar of late antiquity, where traditional Roman religion, Christianity, and various gnostic and philosophic sects had adherents.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Antiquity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiquity. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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