Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Ancient

Ancient as the sun.
—William Cullen Bryant

Ancient as the spot on which the bricks of Babylon are found.
—James Fenimore Cooper

Ancient as the stings of death.
—Thomas De Quincey

As ancient as the world.
—George Granville

Ancient as the stars.
—Voltaire

Ancient as the sea.
—Edmund Waller