Noun
knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
a history of the ancient world
Source: WordNetIt was also, they added, Very Now, which was important in a town in which an hour ago was Ancient History. Neil Gaiman
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common sense, it contains only enduring and essential truth, the I and you, the here and there, the now and then, being omitted. Henry David Thoreau
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. Martin Scorsese
I couldn't miss Percy's fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. "Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” "That's true,” Paul said. "I used to teach ancient history.” Poseidon's eyes twinkled. "That's me. Ancient history. Rick Riordan
that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul]. Rick Riordan
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, that's 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me. Kazuo Ishiguro