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a way of communicating that has the attribute old (existed for a long time; not new)
One ancient way that cities used to communicate was to climb to a mountain and light a giant fire. There were mountains scattered all around the country, and when one went on fire, the next one...
a way of communicating that has the attribute ancient (very old, belonging to a past era)
parchment messages