Color Names

Ancient

Faded parchment, worn smooth by time.

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Ancient is a white, close to beige.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and luminous.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Ancient

Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the 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 cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500.

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ancient

Adjective

  1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
  2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

Noun

  1. A person who is very old.
  2. A person who lived in ancient times.
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