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Antiquities

Meaning

of Antiquity

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We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects. Howard Carter

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic. Stephen Bayley

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. Francis Bacon

We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are already taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations. Walter Benjamin

A 3,200-year-old Canaanite citadel where epic battles were fought during biblical times has been unearthed near the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Sunday. Source: Internet

According to the Finnish National Board of Antiquities Tapiola was the largest and most valuable of the new construction ideologies in the 1960s in Finland. Source: Internet

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