ancient artifacts
Old civilization remnants
Ancient artifacts are objects made by humans in earlier civilizations—pottery, tools, jewelry, weapons, manuscripts.
The phrase emphasizes both age and historical significance: The museum's collection of ancient artifacts spans three millennia.
In casual use, ancient artifacts can describe anything old enough to seem like a relic: My grandmother's kitchen is full of ancient artifacts.
- coinsMetal money units
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- lost civilizationsDefunct ancient cultures
- ornamentsDecorative embellishments for display
- toolsDevices for doing work
Neolithic · inscriptions · seals · vessels · stone tablets · trade networks · carbon dating · cuneiform · cultural heritage · excavation sites · stratigraphy · symbolism · sacred objects · clay · weapons · burial practices · grave goods · rituals
- antiquitiesamphorae, bronze swords, bronze tools, antiquities, grave goods
- Southeast Asian antiquitiesBuddha statues, temple ruins, stone carvings, Buddhist art, ceramic vessels
- ancient worldpyramids, pyramid, Athens, Sparta, Zeus
- museum collectionsart collections, art collection, paintings, antiquities, historical artifacts
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- museum thingsart, paintings, sculptures, statues, fossils
ancient artifactsforgeries
Fraudulent imitations of originals
replicas · fakes · counterfeits · copies · imitations