Ancients
The builders of the Stargates, who left for Pegasus on Atlantis and later ascended.
The Ancients, originally called the Alterans, are the builders of the Stargate network and the forerunners of the humans of Earth. By the time of Stargate SG-1 most of them have ascended to a higher plane of existence, but their technology, including the Stargates and Atlantis, remains.
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- Alterans, Lanteans
- Built
- The Stargate network, Atlantis
- Enemies
- The Ori, the Wraith
- Status
- Mostly ascended
Facts from the source article.
Background
They came to the Milky Way from another galaxy, after splitting from the Ori, and made Earth their home. When a plague devastated them, those who could not ascend left for the Pegasus galaxy aboard the city-ship Atlantis, settled on Lantea and seeded human life there; there they became known as Lanteans. After losing a long war to the Wraith they sank Atlantis and returned to Earth. The ascended Ancients generally refuse to interfere in mortal affairs, though outcasts such as Oma Desala and Orlin break that rule.
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