Ancient or ancients may refer to: People or things from antiquity: *

Ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

, from the beginning of writing to the Middle Ages *

Prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

, from the use of the first stone tools until the beginning of writing It may also refer to:

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Ancient (band) Ancient is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, formed in 1992. The band released six full-length albums released by Metal Blade Records to date and a variety of mini-albums, EPs and special releases. Ancient used to have the classic raw b ...

, a melodic black metal musical group *

Ancient (company) is a Japanese video game developer founded by composer Yuzo Koshiro and his mother and sister on April 1, 1990. The company has worked on games such as the 8-bit version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit), Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Streets of Rage 2'' ...

, a Japanese software developer *

Ancients (art group) The Ancients (also known as the Shoreham Ancients) were a group of young English artists and others who were brought together around 1824 by their attraction to archaism in art and admiration for the work of William Blake (1757–1827), who was ...

, a group of English artists in the 1820s and 1830s * ''Ancient'' (album), a 2001 album by Kitarō

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Ancient (Stargate) The mythology of the ''Stargate'' franchise is the historical backstory of the ''Stargate'' premise, which centers around xeno-mythology as experienced by humans during episodic contact. In the fictional universe of the franchise, the people of ...

, a race who built the Stargates in the ''Stargate'' universe * Ancient (Traveller), a mysterious race that once dominated the galaxy in the ''Traveller'' role-playing game *

Ancients (Eternal Darkness) ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' is an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Silicon Knights and published by Nintendo, using themes of Psychological horror game, psychological horror and Lovecraftian horror, cos ...

, a god-like race in ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' *

Ancients (Legacy of Kain) ''Legacy of Kain'' is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by Eidos Interactive, then Square Enix Europe after 2009. The first title, '' Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain' ...

, a race in the ''Legacy of Kain'' games *Ancients, an advanced species in the '' FreeSpace'' space simulation computer game series * Ancients, a race in the ''Farscape'' TV series *Ancients, a variety of creatures and structures in ''

Defense of the Ancients ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA'') is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' (2002) and its expansion, '' The Frozen Throne''. The objective of the game is for each team to destroy ...

'' and ''Dota 2'' *Ancients or

Cetra Cetra, a Latin word borrowed from Greek language, Greek, is an Italian descendant of ''κιθάρα'' (cithara). It is a synonym for the cittern but has been used for the citole and cithara (the lyre-form) and cythara (the lyre-form developing i ...

in ''Final Fantasy VII'' *The Ancients, a race of highly advanced worldcrafters in the ''

Might and Magic ''Might and Magic'' is a series of role-playing video games from New World Computing, which in 1996 became a subsidiary of The 3DO Company. The original ''Might and Magic'' series ended with the closure of the 3DO Company. The rights to the ''Mi ...

'' universe

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* A corrupt form of the military rank of

ensign An ensign is the national flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality. The ensign is the largest flag, generally flown at the stern (rear) of the ship while in port. The naval ensign (also known as war ensign), used on warships, may be diffe ...

used during the 16th century in Britain

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