Ancient (disambiguation)

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