Examples of using "древности" in a sentence and their english translations:
the ancients were mistaken.
This custom dates from ancient times.
It used to be thought that the earth was flat.
And yes, in the ancient world, there was lots of slavery,
In olden times, football was popular in both Greece and Rome.
The practice of male circumcision is ancient and developed in parallel amongst different cultures.
The cuneiform alphabet invented by the Sumerians was used by many languages in the ancient Near East.
It used to be thought that the earth was flat.
There were no chairs in ancient China.
Ancient sailors used the constellations in the night sky to figure out where they were and where they were going.