The phrase 'really ancient' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize how old something is, e.g. This coin is really ancient - it dates back to the first century.
The fares structure is really ancient".
"We pull on forms that are really ancient but have some functional history," Signorile explains.
Things do get a bit vague with really ancient history, though, so let's roll with it.
Really ancient trees in China turn bone-white and are planted near temples and in other sacred sites.
If it's a really ancient religion, as Obi-Wan Kenobi said, it's got to exist in thousands or millions of people in the galaxy.
"See, I'm really ancient," I said, laughing, knowing full well that nowadays, paper and pencil scribblings aren't the most useful or efficient way to showcase a student's expertise.
(Turns out they really are ancient Tibetan treats).
Was the story of God's destruction of the Tower of Babel really an ancient lesson about human hubris?
Hence his lie detector: It's really an ancient tuner, connected to a helmet labeled "The Anti-Prevaricator" — the inner webbing from a football helmet refurbished by Mr. Wu, who glued on bells and a keypad from an old telephone.
The most provocative works in this exhibition invite us to wonder whether we have really outgrown ancient tendencies to find not only entertainment, but also transcendental meaning, in officially sanctioned killing.
As soon as he lets the door alone, it starts again, a wailing, as if this modern boutique hotel were really some ancient New England manse infested with miserable spirits.
