Ancient (disambiguation)
# Ancient (disambiguation)

Ancient or ancients may refer to:

People or things from antiquity:

* Ancient history, from the beginning of writing to the Middle Ages
* Prehistory, from the use of the first stone tools until the beginning of writing

It may also refer to:

## As a proper name

* Ancient (band), a melodic black metal musical group
* Ancient (company), a Japanese software developer
* Ancients (art group), a group of English artists in the 1820s and 1830s
* Ancient (album), a 2001 album by Kitarō

## In fiction

* Ancient (Stargate), a race who built the Stargates in the Stargate universe
* Ancient (Traveller), a mysterious race that once dominated the galaxy in the Traveller role-playing game
* Ancients (Eternal Darkness), a god-like race in Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
* Ancients (Legacy of Kain), a race in the Legacy of Kain games
* Ancients, an advanced species in the FreeSpace space simulation computer game series
* Ancients, a race in the Farscape TV series
* Ancients, a variety of creatures and structures in Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2
* Ancients or Cetra in Final Fantasy VII
* The Ancients, a race of highly advanced worldcrafters in the Might and Magic universe

## Other

* A corrupt form of the military rank of ensign used during the 16th century in Britain
