They would not lightly come too near that ancient scientific thing.

"In our modern lives, we want a connection to the most ancient things we can think of," he said.

It was unlocked by a word of power, as such ancient things almost always are.

And perhaps many other ancient things were covered past discovery.

Well, thank the gods it could not work on an ancient dead thing!

He was an ancient thing and had dealt with sorcerers all his days.

He had an eye for all things ancient, with a particular interest in Roman coins.

How have those ancient hot things and people held up?

A live orchestra played some- thing soft and ancient.

We see so much that is wrong in ancient things, it gets to be a habit with us to reject them.