Antiquities
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Illustration: Antichita Romanae (1748) by Piranesi
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"Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time". --The Advancement of Learning (1605) by Francis Bacon |
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Antiquities are objects from antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Persia (Iran), Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures.
A person who studies antiquities, as opposed to just collecting them, is often called an antiquarian.
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