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Ancient Babylonian Math 

A last ditch excuse to avoid getting with friends when you are really getting ready for bed. References the ancient Babylonians counting their sheep.
A: Hey, do you want to go to a hot tub in like 20 minutes?
B: Sorry, I need to study ancient Babylonian math

i, evax humbly submit a toast to nicholas alexander for successfully managing to pirate warcraft iii so he may play defense of the ancients. congratulations, nick. enjoy your dota. 

I, EvaX humbly submit a toast to Nicholas Alexander for successfully managing to pirate WarCraft III so he may play defense of the ancients. Congratulations, Nick. Enjoy your dota.

ancient albanian sign language 

the world's most beautiful and romantic language, it makes you 10 times attractive to every woman and man on the planet.
-why is everyone attracted to you?
-because i speak ancient albanian sign language fluently

Ancient Astronaut Theorists 

A drinking game: On the show Acient Aliens, you drink every time the narrator says "ancient astronaut theorists". If the "ancient astronaut theorist" is from DeVry University, you drink twice.
Narrator: "Ancient astronaut theorists believe that...
Host: "Drink!"

Narrator: "In 10 years, ancient astronaut theorists from DeVry University will have achieved..."
Host: "Drink twice!"

Ancient Chinese Secret 

A common product or process, that is available to anyone, but is passed off by the person using it as if it were secret or uncommon.
The owner of the laundry told the customer that he knew an "Ancient Chinese Secret" for getting his customer's clothes so clean, but his wife knew that he used a common detergent that anyone could buy.

The Ancient Web 

The earliest sites and chunks of data that made up the first foundations of the world wide web. Data that has been lost to the depths of the internet and no longer retrievable.

In contemporary terms The Ancient Web is made up of the lost history of the internet sometimes view able on thewaybackmachine or other archives that exists in time before the fall of geocites.

The term will perpetually be changing to consume greater swaths of the history of the internet until clearly defined eras are identified.
"I remember a story from years ago, but it is lost to the ancient web."
The Ancient Web by Viroodiem October 29, 2018