Since at least the eighteenth century, antiquities have been taken from archaeological sites, monuments and museums and traded internationally. although the term ‘antiquities’ is in general usage, and seems to enjoy some consensus of understanding, there is no agreed date-threshold for separating antiquities from ‘non-antiquities’, and so it should be born in mind that the term is subject to a certain fluidity of meaning. examples might include ceramic or metal vessels, statues or parts of statues, or broken off pieces of architecture. Antiquities are generally held to comprise individual objects or parts of larger objects or structures that were made in ancient times (antiquity).
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