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Antiquities is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Antiquities in a sentence

Antiquities meaning

plural of antiquity

Using Antiquities

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of antiquity
  • In the example corpus, antiquities often appears in combinations such as: of antiquities, the antiquities, and antiquities.

Context around Antiquities

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Antiquities

  • In this selection, "antiquities" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, egyptian, impressive, israel, authority, used and museum stand out and add context to how "antiquities" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include administration s antiquities division and an impressive antiquities collection. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "antiquities" sits close to words such as armament, bassett and bullshit, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with antiquities

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Antiquities Persistent efforts have been made to explore the antiquities of Alexandria. (12 words)

Antiquities should be seen as "neutral to the political reality," he said. (12 words)

He noted just 3,000 metal detectorists are recording with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. (14 words)

Today, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is technically responsible for excavations in areas inside Israel’s official borders, while excavations in the West Bank are under the responsibility of the Civil Administration’s Antiquities Division. (35 words)

The colorful and bombastic former director of Egypt’s department of antiquities used his public persona as “godfather” of Egyptian antiquities to help bring along 500 young specialists to staff all-Egyptian excavation teams. (34 words)

The Fitzwilliam Museum: The most famous in the city, it is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, holding an amazing art collection and even an impressive antiquities collection. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

The colorful and bombastic former director of Egypt’s department of antiquities used his public persona as “godfather” of Egyptian antiquities to help bring along 500 young specialists to staff all-Egyptian excavation teams.

The Fitzwilliam Museum: The most famous in the city, it is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, holding an amazing art collection and even an impressive antiquities collection.

Today, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is technically responsible for excavations in areas inside Israel’s official borders, while excavations in the West Bank are under the responsibility of the Civil Administration’s Antiquities Division.

Antiquities Persistent efforts have been made to explore the antiquities of Alexandria.

According to some rumors, he left the country in June 1996, carrying more antiquities in his luggage.

Antiquities should be seen as "neutral to the political reality," he said.

A slew of historically and culturally important sites are protected by the Antiquities Act, one of the most recent in Colorado, Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument, was protected in 2022.

He noted just 3,000 metal detectorists are recording with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

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He took pride in publicly buying Chinese antiquities at Hong Kong art auctions, like the ancient porcelain cup, and taking them back to Shanghai as a nationalistic gesture.

In addition, Christoforou said that they have secured the necessary approvals from the department of antiquities for the restoration of the church as a committee.

In addition, three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were also signed between India and Egypt in the fields of agriculture, archeology and antiquities and competition law.

In November 2018, U.S federal prosecutors indicted him on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and other crimes related to alleged trafficking in stolen and looted Cambodian antiquities.

It also called on the central government to re-establish an urban planning office on the island and relocate the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades to Mykonos.

Now, a new shelter protects the site and the mosaic, which has been restored and preserved by the Conservation Department of the Antiquities Authority in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.

Separately Sudanese antiquities authorities said RSF fighters had withdrawn from the national museum in central Khartoum.

The antiquities, also known as the Elgin Marbles, mostly consist of the remnants of a frieze that ran around the outer walls of the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens.

The British Museum, like other Western institutions, is coming under increasing pressure to repatriate foreign antiquities in its collection considered by some as the looted spoils of empire.

The digital book containing the four information points has integrated digital 3D models of each monument, prepared by the Cyprus University of Technology in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities.

The items include gold jewelry, gemstones and antiquities as much as 3,500 years old.

The tablet had arrived in the 1980s in Italy, where it was seized by police, said Laith Majid Hussein, director of Baghdad's council of antiquities and heritage.

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Common combinations with antiquities

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "antiquities" in a sentence?
An example: "The colorful and bombastic former director of Egypt’s department of antiquities used his public persona as “godfather” of Egyptian antiquities to help bring along 500 young specialists to staff all-Egyptian excavation teams." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "antiquities" from authentic English texts.
What does "antiquities" mean?
Antiquities means: plural of antiquity
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