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  • noun Plural form of antiquity.
  • noun A written account of history.

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Examples

  • This can become frustrating when you know that trans people were looked upon with respect in antiquities from the Zulu’s to the Native Americans, and in ancient Babylon as well as Kemet to name a few.

    Are Black Transwomen Fighting A Lost Cause? 2008

  • I have studied the history of trans people in antiquities in all cultures as data provides us with.

    Are Black Transwomen Fighting A Lost Cause? 2008

  • The Vatican Museum has recently put on an exhibition of some of the most famous antiquities from the era with reproductions painted as close to the originals as they can – this is possible because many statues contain trace amounts of pigment from their original coats of paint.

    Top 10 Color Classical Reproductions « Isegoria 2007

  • It is biased sic to examples from the USA but they do cover some matters of interest to British readers, including the theft of antiquities from the National Museum of Iraq in 2003.

    Media dishonesty Not a sheep 2007

  • Whether he continued to deal in antiquities I do not know, but to do so would have been dangerous.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • Whether he continued to deal in antiquities I do not know, but to do so would have been dangerous.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • Without access to more witnesses, more museum documentation, and the government officials whose names appeared on various orders to remove certain antiquities, we were forced to leave many discrepancies unresolved.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • Without access to more witnesses, more museum documentation, and the government officials whose names appeared on various orders to remove certain antiquities, we were forced to leave many discrepancies unresolved.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • In addition to oil, fortunes in antiquities lay beneath the desert sand.

    The Thieves of Baghdad 2004

  • In addition to oil, fortunes in antiquities lay beneath the desert sand.

    The Thieves of Baghdad 2004

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