ancient relic
Dusty museum piece
An ancient relic is an object surviving from a distant past, valued for its age and historical or religious significance.
The phrase often emphasizes extreme antiquity: The museum displayed ancient relics from the Bronze Age.
Used figuratively for anything outdated: That flip phone is an ancient relic.
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
heirloom · lost civilization · ruins · temple · tomb · hidden chamber · excavation · dusty · sacred · forgotten · time capsule · museum piece · museum · archaeology · sacred object · cursed · mysterious · weathered
- mystery itemsmystery box, sealed envelope, coded message, treasure map, puzzle box
authenticity
ancient relicreplica
Faithful scaled reproduction
reproduction · forgery · fake · counterfeit · imitation
ancient, anciently, ancientness, relic, relics, reliquary, relinquish