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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 500</h2> | ||
This time estimate is based the Merlin hologram's message that was discovered in Avalon. In it, he associated King Arthur to Ambrosius Aurelianus, who fought in the Battle of Mount Badon, which most scholars place at around A.D. 500. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1") | This time estimate is based the Merlin hologram's message that was discovered in Avalon. In it, he associated King Arthur to Ambrosius Aurelianus, who fought in the Battle of Mount Badon, which most scholars place at around A.D. 500. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1") | ||
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* The Others continued to shield humanity, apparently satisfied with Morgan's destruction of the weapon. (9.03 "Origin Part 3", 10.11 "The Quest Part 2") | * The Others continued to shield humanity, apparently satisfied with Morgan's destruction of the weapon. (9.03 "Origin Part 3", 10.11 "The Quest Part 2") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1000</h2> | ||
This time estimate is based on Jacob/Selmak's reaction to the news that Anubis had returned to rejoin the System Lords and on the conversation Osiris had with Yu concerning Anubis's absence. (5.16 "Last Stand Part 2") | This time estimate is based on Jacob/Selmak's reaction to the news that Anubis had returned to rejoin the System Lords and on the conversation Osiris had with Yu concerning Anubis's absence. (5.16 "Last Stand Part 2") | ||
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* Apparently Anubis was very interested in powerful Ancient technology (as his pursuit of the Telchak Device indicates) and by this time, he had discovered Ancient research on ascension. He fled to Kheb and tricked Oma into ascending him. As soon as Oma realized what she had done by ascending an evil being such as a Goa'uld, she tried to undo her work, but The Others stepped in. They sent him back "halfway" between corporeal existence and ascension, but he still remained a being of energy with eternal life. They also forbade him to use any knowledge or power obtained through ascension, unless he otherwise would have gained it as a Goa'uld. Anubis was out of the System Lord picture for a thousand years before he made his return. He had to develop a containment shield that allowed him to interact with those in the corporeal plane. This containment shield gave him a humanoid appearance, but he had to wear a cloak that hid his "face". (6.22 "Full Circle", 8.03 "Lockdown", 8.18 "Threads") | * Apparently Anubis was very interested in powerful Ancient technology (as his pursuit of the Telchak Device indicates) and by this time, he had discovered Ancient research on ascension. He fled to Kheb and tricked Oma into ascending him. As soon as Oma realized what she had done by ascending an evil being such as a Goa'uld, she tried to undo her work, but The Others stepped in. They sent him back "halfway" between corporeal existence and ascension, but he still remained a being of energy with eternal life. They also forbade him to use any knowledge or power obtained through ascension, unless he otherwise would have gained it as a Goa'uld. Anubis was out of the System Lord picture for a thousand years before he made his return. He had to develop a containment shield that allowed him to interact with those in the corporeal plane. This containment shield gave him a humanoid appearance, but he had to wear a cloak that hid his "face". (6.22 "Full Circle", 8.03 "Lockdown", 8.18 "Threads") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1600</h2> | ||
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* By this time, The Others had long established their rules of non-interference as far as interacting with the lower planes of existence, but there were still some members among them who felt a strong attachment to humans. One such Ancient was Orlin, who didn't want to stand by and watch as the Goa'uld overtook the Velonans, so he communicated the knowledge of how to build a powerful weapon for defense. The Velonans were not advanced enough on their own to take the responsibility of suddenly having such power, so after they used the weapon on the Goa'uld, they turned it on other planets for conquest. The Others destroyed the Velonans because they would have been destroyed by the Goa'uld if Orlin had not interfered and banished Orlin to the desolate planet, where he remained all by himself for four hundred years. (5.03 "Ascension") | * By this time, The Others had long established their rules of non-interference as far as interacting with the lower planes of existence, but there were still some members among them who felt a strong attachment to humans. One such Ancient was Orlin, who didn't want to stand by and watch as the Goa'uld overtook the Velonans, so he communicated the knowledge of how to build a powerful weapon for defense. The Velonans were not advanced enough on their own to take the responsibility of suddenly having such power, so after they used the weapon on the Goa'uld, they turned it on other planets for conquest. The Others destroyed the Velonans because they would have been destroyed by the Goa'uld if Orlin had not interfered and banished Orlin to the desolate planet, where he remained all by himself for four hundred years. (5.03 "Ascension") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">A.D. 1928-1929</h2> | ||
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* A future alternate timeline version of Cameron Mitchell (the future leader of SG-1) prematurely arrived in 1929 instead of his target of 1939. He was on a mission to stop the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, Ba'al, from intercepting the Stargate on its way from Africa to the United States in the hold of the cargo ship ''Achilles''. Ba'al intended to rewrite the timeline with himself as the supreme commander of the galaxy. For ten years, Mitchell had to make sure that he himself didn't impact the timeline and that he was aboard the ''Achilles'' when Ba'al arrived. (''Stargate: Continuum'') | * A future alternate timeline version of Cameron Mitchell (the future leader of SG-1) prematurely arrived in 1929 instead of his target of 1939. He was on a mission to stop the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, Ba'al, from intercepting the Stargate on its way from Africa to the United States in the hold of the cargo ship ''Achilles''. Ba'al intended to rewrite the timeline with himself as the supreme commander of the galaxy. For ten years, Mitchell had to make sure that he himself didn't impact the timeline and that he was aboard the ''Achilles'' when Ba'al arrived. (''Stargate: Continuum'') | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">A.D. 1931</h2> | ||
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* The Steward Expedition found a small pyramid temple several miles outside of present-day Cairo, Egypt. They uncovered several artifacts, including 10,000-year-old ones and the canopic jars into which Osiris and Isis had been banished. The ship transporting these artifacts to the United States sank off the coast of New Jersey six months after the discovery. Isis died when her canopic jar was damaged in the shipwreck, but Osiris's jar remained intact. When the Expedition members unsealed the tomb, they were exposed to mold spores that caused them all to die within a year. From all of this misfortune, the artifacts were said to be cursed because the tomb had been disturbed. (4.14 "The Curse") | * The Steward Expedition found a small pyramid temple several miles outside of present-day Cairo, Egypt. They uncovered several artifacts, including 10,000-year-old ones and the canopic jars into which Osiris and Isis had been banished. The ship transporting these artifacts to the United States sank off the coast of New Jersey six months after the discovery. Isis died when her canopic jar was damaged in the shipwreck, but Osiris's jar remained intact. When the Expedition members unsealed the tomb, they were exposed to mold spores that caused them all to die within a year. From all of this misfortune, the artifacts were said to be cursed because the tomb had been disturbed. (4.14 "The Curse") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">A.D. 1939</h2> | ||
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* Remarkably, the time traveler was photographed with the captain after the ''Achilles'' safely reached Boston, and this picture was passed down in the family until it got to Cameron Mitchell in the present day. Even though the time traveler, the captain, and the crew of ''Achilles'' were witness to Ba'al's invasion and the ''Achilles'' was damaged with the unstable vortex of the Stargate's wormhole, the secrets of the Stargate were kept so that the "original" timeline was preserved. (''Stargate: Continuum'') | * Remarkably, the time traveler was photographed with the captain after the ''Achilles'' safely reached Boston, and this picture was passed down in the family until it got to Cameron Mitchell in the present day. Even though the time traveler, the captain, and the crew of ''Achilles'' were witness to Ba'al's invasion and the ''Achilles'' was damaged with the unstable vortex of the Stargate's wormhole, the secrets of the Stargate were kept so that the "original" timeline was preserved. (''Stargate: Continuum'') | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">A.D. 1945</h2> | ||
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* At about this same time (perhaps closer to A.D. 1950), the people of the planet Pangar found Egeria's canopic jar and began conducting research on the symbiote. They found that the Goa'uld have a natural healing property that they could exploit. They forced the queen to produce larvae, which they in turn began to use as an ingredient in a drug they called "Tretonin". They developed a usable formula by 1970 and began taking the drug that gave them perfect health. Unfortunately, after continual use, the drug destroyed their immune systems, and the users had to stay on the drug or die. Research and development continued until they met SG-1 during its sixth year of operation. (6.10 "Cure") | * At about this same time (perhaps closer to A.D. 1950), the people of the planet Pangar found Egeria's canopic jar and began conducting research on the symbiote. They found that the Goa'uld have a natural healing property that they could exploit. They forced the queen to produce larvae, which they in turn began to use as an ingredient in a drug they called "Tretonin". They developed a usable formula by 1970 and began taking the drug that gave them perfect health. Unfortunately, after continual use, the drug destroyed their immune systems, and the users had to stay on the drug or die. Research and development continued until they met SG-1 during its sixth year of operation. (6.10 "Cure") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1969-1994</h2> | ||
Although ''Stargate: The Movie'' was released in 1994, the series ''Stargate SG-1'' held it as canon that Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill went through the Stargate to Abydos one year prior to the series' premiere on Showtime on 27 July 1997. Several dates in this section are derived from the 1997 premiere date and from what was said about the study of the Stargate in the pilot "Children of the Gods". It should also be noted that the location of the Stargate in the movie was Creek Mountain, whereas it was established in the pilot that the Stargate had been housed in Cheyenne Mountain when Daniel reopened it. | Although ''Stargate: The Movie'' was released in 1994, the series ''Stargate SG-1'' held it as canon that Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill went through the Stargate to Abydos one year prior to the series' premiere on Showtime on 27 July 1997. Several dates in this section are derived from the 1997 premiere date and from what was said about the study of the Stargate in the pilot "Children of the Gods". It should also be noted that the location of the Stargate in the movie was Creek Mountain, whereas it was established in the pilot that the Stargate had been housed in Cheyenne Mountain when Daniel reopened it. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 6 March 2010
Introduction
This timeline is part of a larger timeline that covers the over 50-million-year history of the Ancients. To view the entire timeline, visit Timeline of the Ancients, which also includes an overview of the Ancients' evolutionary path and author's notes.
Date Range | Period | Human | Ascended | Galaxy | Notes |
Over 50 million years ago | Alteran | Yes | Uncertain | Original home galaxy, often referred to as simply the Ori galaxy because only the Ori remained there. | The Altera and their brethren the Ori were humans on the evolutionary path toward ascension, but it is unknown if there were ascended beings who existed before or during this period, and if they existed, whether or not the humans were aware of them. The Ori greatly outnumbered the Altera and were preparing to wipe them out because of their conflicting philosophical views. By the end of this period, the only Ancients that existed were the Altera, the mountaintop villagers who chose to leave their home aboard a single spaceship rather than engage in a war. The Ori were left behind to continue on their own path. |
5 to 10 million years ago to 50 million years ago | Ancient | Yes | Possible | Primarily in the Milky Way, their new home that they named "Avalon". The Altera became known as the Ancients. | This period includes the establishment of the Stargate network in the Milky Way, the exploration of their new home galaxy and others through the launch of their exploration fleet of Stargate-seeding starships and follow-up exploration vessel Destiny (see Stargate Universe), the formation of alliances, the advancement in weapons and other technology, the development of the means to collect and store their accumulated knowledge, and the continued research into the acceleration of evolution through genetic alteration to achieve ascension. Some of the Ancients had evolved to the point that they could ascend on their own. The defining moment that ends this period is the occurrence of the plague that swept throughout the galaxy that forced the Ancients to ascend, to leave the galaxy, or to die out. Because of the plague and the heightened research into ascension, the Ancients never boarded Destiny, but instead left the exploration fleet to continue on its automated course. |
10,000 years ago to 5 to 10 million years ago | Lantian | Yes | Yes | Pegasus. The Ancients were called the Ancestors by the humans of the Pegasus galaxy. | This period opens with the plague sweeping throughout the Milky Way that forced the Ancients to leave the galaxy in one form or another—whether it be by ascending, by leaving the galaxy as humans (in spaceships, for example), or by dying out. The Ancients that ascended joined together in a collective called The Others. The Ori, although not hit by a plague, also ascended and established themselves as the gods of the religion "Origin". This period also includes the creation of the second generation (evolution) of humanity in the three galaxies: the original Altera/Ori home galaxy, the Milky Way, and Pegasus. As they did in the Milky Way, the Ancients in Pegasus built a Stargate network and settled on several planets. By the end of this period, more Ancients had ascended and apparently joined their own ancestors who were with The Others; however, no more ascended beings joined the Ori because the Ori did not wish to share their power and prevented their humanity from evolving to the point where they could ascend on their own or through the use of advanced technology. This period ends when the last of the Lantian survivors of the Wraith-Ancient War abandoned Atlantis and used the Stargate to return to Earth, where they blended into Earth's societies, left the planet through the Stargate, or ascended. |
Present to 10,000 years ago | Legacy | Possible | Yes | All except original home galaxy. | This is when the majority of Ancients are Ascended Beings, and other races use and abuse their legacy. At the beginning of this period, the Lantian Ancients had just returned to Earth after abandoning Pegasus to the Wraith and chose to blend in with Earth's societies, to leave Earth through the Stargate, or to ascend. Proof of the Ancients' blending into the human population of the Milky Way is the natural occurrence of the ATA gene (Ancient Technology Activation gene) that allows the possessor to activate and interface with genetically-keyed Ancient technology, as well as the cultural influences of the world's ancient civilizations. Some Ancients from earlier in this period survived into the modern era in human form via stasis, time travel, or some other form of technological means, while a few Ascended Ancients chose to retake human form. This period includes the reopening of the Stargate in modern times and a near-repeat of history as the humans of Earth assimilate the Ancients' legacy, which not only includes knowledge and technology, but also old rivalries that the Ancients had failed to resolve. It also includes the discovery of Destiny, which opened up the universe to exploration (albeit limited) and to the exposure to new life forms untouched by Ancient hands. |
Articles on the Ancients
This series of articles covers the history, language, writings, knowledge, and technology of the Ancients.
- Ancients: History (Main Article)
- Altera: The Ancients as Advanced Humans in Their Home Galaxy
- The Others: The Ancients After Ascending
- Ancient Language
- Ancient Writings
- Ancient Knowledge and Technology
- Complete Timeline of the Ancients (50 Million Years Ago to Present)
Episodes
- Stargate: The Movie
- 1.01 "Children Of The Gods Part 1"
- 1.11 "The Torment Of Tantalus"
- 2.09 "Secrets"
- 2.21 "1969"
- 4.07 "Watergate"
- 4.14 "The Curse"
- 5.03 "Ascension"
- 5.16 "Last Stand Part 2"
- 6.10 "Cure"
- 6.22 "Full Circle"
- 7.11 "Evolution Part 1"
- 8.03 "Lockdown"
- 8.18 "Threads"
- 9.01 "Avalon Part 1"
- 9.02 "Avalon Part 2"
- 9.03 "Origin Part 3"
- 9.18 "Arthur's Mantle"
- 9.20 "Camelot Part 2"
- 10.03 "The Pegasus Project"
- 10.10 "The Quest Part 1"
- 10.11 "The Quest Part 2"
- Stargate: The Ark of Truth
- Stargate: Continuum
Related Characters
- Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Capt. Samantha Carter
- Col. Cameron Mitchell
- Anubis
- Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- Ba'al
- Egeria
- Ganos Lal
- Isis
- Langford
- Catherine Langford
- Ernest Littlefield
- Captain Mitchell
- Moros
- Oma Desala
- Orlin
- Osiris
- Telchak
- West
Related Articles
- Achilles
- Alternate Timelines
- Ancient Stasis Chamber
- Arthur's Mantle
- Ascended Beings
- Avalon
- Camelot (PX1-767)
- Castiana / Taoth Vaclarush
- Cheyenne Mountain Complex
- Dial Home Device (DHD)
- Earth
- Goa'uld
- Kheb
- Ori
- Pangar
- Pentagon
- Project Giza
- Sahal / Valos Cor
- Sangreal
- Sarcophagus
- SG-1
- Stargate
- Stargate Program
- Steward Expedition
- Symbiote
- System Lords
- Telchak Device
- Tretonin
- Vagonbrei
- Velona (P4X-636)
--DeeKayP 12:19, 23 April 2008 (PDT)