Author: MessageToEagle

MessageToEagle.com – Over the course of history we have seen and heard about a great number of insane rulers. Some have been bloodthirsty tyrants, while others had the craziest

Question: Where have the world’s highest tides been recorded? Answer: The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. The Bay of Fundy is a bay

MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever wanted to listen to the sound of music in China thousand of years ago? In ancient China people played a number of greatly unknown

Question: What is the largest crater on our planet? Answer: Vredefort crater in South Africa, also called the Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest impact crater on

MessageToEagle.com – What ancient civilization introduced the first governmental health system? We might think of state-supported health care as an innovation of the 20th century, but it’s a

MessageToEagle.com – Over the past 25 years, scientists have supported the view that modern humans left Africa around 50,000 years ago, spreading to different parts of the world by

MessageToEagle.com – About 80 years ago, three green diamonds, were extracted from the 3 billion-year-old Witwatersrand Supergroup, an ancient rock formation that is host to the famous Johannesburg gold

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – The Aqrabuamelu are mysterious scorpion men mentioned in many Babylonian myths. They were said to be guardians of Shamash, the god of Sun

Question: What did Christopher Columbus look like? Answer: Considering how famous or infamous (depending on who you ask) Christopher Columbus is, there is still plenty we don’t know

Question: What is the world’s oldest tree on Earth? Answer: The world’s oldest tree is called Old Tjikko. It is a 9,550 year old Norway Spruce tree, located

MessageToEagle.com – Who were the Barbarians? The term “Barbarians” is today greatly misused. In modern times we often say Barbarians are uncivilized people or evil people. However, the

MessageToEagle.com – Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s past is still surrounded by a number of unsolved mysteries and controversies. His birth and death remains a great puzzle until this day.

Question: Why is the sky blue? Answer: The color of our sky is no longer a scientific puzzle. Today we know that the blue color is formed by

MessageToEagle.com – Unlike other catacombs discovered in various parts of the world, the Znojmo catacombs served different purposes and not only for  the storage of human corpses. Located under

Question: When was chocolate invented? Answer: The word chocolate was actually derived from the Aztec language known as Nahuatl. Chocolate is something ancient people enjoyed just as much

MessageToEagle.com – A long list with names of Medieval killers has been uncovered by restorers working in a Russian church, shedding new light on the murder of Andrey

Question: Where is the world’s longest underground river? Answer:  The world’s longest underground river flows deep beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. The Sac Actun (“White Cave”) river system in the

Question: When was the yo-yo invented? Answer: The world has Pedro Flores to thank for the birth of the modern yo-yo. In 1928, Pedro Flores started a business

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Egyptians did not differ much from us when it comes to enjoying playing with toys and games.  Board games were very common

MessageToEagle.com – What was a merkhet? A merkhet was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. This star clock was extremely accurate and could

MessageToEagle.com – There are many majestic and beautiful cathedrals all across the world. What makes the Messina Cathedral unique is its beautiful automated astronomical clock tower. The Messina Cathedral

Question: What is the current Chinese calendar called? Answer: In ancient China there were many different calendars. The current Chinese calendar was defined by Emperor Wu of the

MessageToEagle.com –  An ancient pit filled with severed human arms, hands and fingers has been unearthed in France. The nearly 6,000-year-old pit was found near the village of

MessageToEagle.com – Who were the legendary and fierce female Amazon warriors that have been depicted across ancient Greece, Egypt, and China? Were they really worth admiration or is

Question: Why did ancient Egyptians use pillows made of stone? Answer: It might sound odd, but the ancient Egyptian did in fact use pillows made of stone. The