relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...

, in religion, is the preserved physical remains or personal effects of a saint or venerated person. By extension, it may mean a preserved remainder of a previous time. Relic, Relics or The Relic may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''The Relic'' (film), a 1997 horror film based on the 1995 novel ''Relic'' by Preston and Child * ''Relic'' (2020 film), an Australian horror film * '' Relics: Einstein's Brain'', a 1994 documentary * "Relics" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), a TV episode * "Relic", an episode of ''Smallville'' (season 3) * "Relic", a fictional character in ''

The Beachcombers ''The Beachcombers'' is a Canadian comedy drama television series that ran on CBC Television from October 1, 1972, to December 12, 1990. With over 350 episodes, it is one of the longest-running dramatic series ever made for Canadian English-langu ...

Gaming

Relic Entertainment Relic Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as THQ Canada Inc.) is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver, founded in 1997. The studio specializes in real-time strategy games and is known for series such as '' Homeworld'', '' Warhammer 4 ...

, a Canadian video game developer ** Relic Online, a former online gaming system * Relic (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a fictional magical item * Relic, a collectible item in the video game series ''

Crash Bandicoot ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...

'' * Relic, an objective in video game '' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings''

Literature

* ''Relic'' (Preston and Child novel), a 1995 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child * ''The Relic'' (Queiroz novel), an 1887 novel by José Maria de Eça de Queirós * ''The Relic'' (Anthony novel), a 1991 novel by Evelyn Anthony * ''Relic'', a 2001 novel by Tom Egeland * ''Relic'' (Foster novel), a 2018 novel by Alan Dean Foster * Relic, a comic book enemy of Green Lantern * Relic the Pika, a character in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline of the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie comics

Music

* ''Relics'' (album), by Pink Floyd, 1971 * "The Relic", a song by Iced Earth from the 2017 album '' Incorruptible'' * "The Relic", a song by Rings of Saturn from the 2017 album '' Ultu Ulla'' * "The Relic", a song by Symphony X from the 1998 album '' Twilight in Olympus''

Science and technology

Relic radiation The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR), or relic radiation, is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. With a standard optical telescope, the background space between stars and galaxies is almost completely da ...

, constituting the earliest light scattering from recombination and the furthest we can look back in time using electromagnetic observation. * Relic neutrinos, from the hypothetical last scattering of neutrinos one second after the

Big Bang The Big Bang is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological models based on the Big Bang concept explain a broad range of phenomena, including th ...

* Cosmic gravitational wave background, the component of the gravitational wave background originating directly from

cosmic inflation In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the very early universe. Following the inflationary period, the universe continued to expand, but at a slower ...

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