Tiny Anchorites found in very old records (7,7)

I believe the answer is:

ancient history

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'tiny anchorites found in very old records' is the definition.
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'tiny anchorites found in very old records' is the wordplay.
'tiny anchorites' anagrams to 'ANCIENT HISTORY'.
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(Other definitions for ancient history that I've seen before include "something obtained from old documents?" , "accounts of Roman empire" , "There's something very familiar" , "The period of Greece and Rome" , "that happened long ago" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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