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

Ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the History of writing, beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian language, ...

, from the beginning of writing to the Middle Ages *

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

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

As a proper name

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 ...

, 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

In fiction

Ancient (Stargate) The mythology of the ''Stargate'' franchise is a complex and eclectic fictional backstory, which is presented as being historical, of the Stargate#Premise, ''Stargate'' premise. A "rich mythology and world-building" are used to establish "a vast ...

, 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), a god-like race in ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' * Ancients (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 (video gaming), mod for the video game ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' (2002) and its expansion, ''The Frozen Throne'' (2003). The objective of the game is ...

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

Cetra Cetra, a Latin word borrowed from 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 into a necked 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 in the science fantasy genre developed by New World Computing, which in 1996 became a subsidiary of The 3DO Company. The original ''Might and Magic'' series ended with the closure of t ...

'' universe

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* A corrupt form of the military rank of

ensign Ensign most often refers to: * Ensign (flag), a flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality * Ensign (rank), a navy (and former army) officer rank Ensign or The Ensign may also refer to: Places * Ensign, Alberta, Alberta, Canada * Ensign, Ka ...

used during the 16th century in Britain

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