ancient; old; paleo-

antiquity; ancient times

Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group

archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies

to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)

(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial

medieval; Middle Ages; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties; Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English); used; second-hand

the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times

Sino-Cuban; China-Cuba

throughout time; from ancient times (up to the present)

pseudo-classical; modeled on antique; in the old style

to die; to pass away

for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)

Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash

to revisit the past; to commemorate

immemorial

following the ways of old; in imitation of ancient style

Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist

in former times; in olden days

to recall the past; to cherish the memory of past events; to reminisce; nostalgic

to emulate a classic; to work in the style of a classic (author)

since the dawn of time; from the year dot

stick-in-the-mud; to stick to old ways; stubbornly conservative

ancient times

Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)

to learn from the ancients; to study the classic texts

see 紅古區|红古区[Hong2 gu3 Qu1]

(archaic) Mongol

to visit historic sites

to search for ancient relics

near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)

remote antiquity

see 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

Syracuse, Sicily; also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4]

Outer Mongolia

Pleiku, Vietnam

(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times

to observe the present to study the past

to shine through the ages (idiom)

see 流芳百世[liu2 fang1 bai3 shi4]

Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso