I think it's relative. I have some ancient cheese in the fridge.
(No, but seriously: I understand it as being "really old," but with most usage being, say, pre-Christian Era. We have ancient Anasazi sites that aren't 2000 years old, but there's a fuzzy line that I think is more about context to define "ancient." A skull from Mozart's time? Eh, that doesn't quite work for me. Ancient would be 2000+ years old in that context.)
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Date: 2006-01-09 03:11 pm (UTC)(No, but seriously: I understand it as being "really old," but with most usage being, say, pre-Christian Era. We have ancient Anasazi sites that aren't 2000 years old, but there's a fuzzy line that I think is more about context to define "ancient." A skull from Mozart's time? Eh, that doesn't quite work for me. Ancient would be 2000+ years old in that context.)