A person who worships or excessively reveres ancient things, ancient times, or archaeological artifacts.
From Greek 'archaios' (ancient) + '-later' (worshipper), describing someone who treats ancient things as objects of veneration or who is obsessed with antiquity.
Some archaeologists joke about being archaeolaters because they genuinely love old things so much—but the word perfectly captures that obsessive collector energy some people have with vintage items and ancient relics!
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