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 See also Antiquity (disambiguation) Ancien (disambiguation) List of time periods Timeline of ancient history