MessageToEagle.com – On March 25, 1655, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch amateur astronomer, discovered Saturn’s satellite Titan, named for its great size (half that of the Earth’s) and thought to
MessageToEagle.com – Solar storms are triggering X-ray auroras on Jupiter that are about eight times brighter than normal over a large area of the planet and hundreds of times
MessageToEagle.com – The forest is a very special place, where the passage of time ceases to have any meaning. It simply does not exist. Each forest has its own
MessageToEagle.com – A 3,000-year-old ox bone – inscribed with the earliest-known example of Chinese writing – has become the world’s first ‘oracle bone’ to be scanned and printed in
MessageToEagle.com – On March 24, 1401, Turco-Mongol emperor Timur, who in English became known as Tamburlaine, sacked the ancient and civilized town of Syria – Damascus, the second city of
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – About 5,000 years ago, Los Millares, was the biggest and most important town in Europe. The ruins of the city of Los Millares are
MessageToEagle.com – Medieval remains of Partick Castle have been unearthed during recent archaeological fieldwork in Glasgow, conducted by a team of archaeologists from GUARD Archaeology. Based on historical evidence, it
MessageToEagle.com – On March 23, 2001, the Russian space station “Mir” ceased to exist. After floating in space for 15 years, Russian mission control fired engines on a rocket
MessageToEagle.com – Tristan da Cunha is a 38-square-mile volcanic outpost and the remotest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It’s situated 1,510 miles southwest of
MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers have observed an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen. A team led by San Francisco State University
MessageToEagle.com – On 22 March 871, the Battle of Marton (or Meretum) was fought at a place recorded as Marton, possibly in Wiltshire or Dorset, England. Alfred the Great (849-899),
MessageToEagle.com – When the shoreline receded during the 2004 tsunami, tourists in Mamallapuram swore they saw a long row of granite boulders emerge from the sea, before it was
MessageToEagle.com – A remarkable archaeological discovery in a Co. Clare cave has pushed back the date of human existence in Ireland by 2,500 years. This discovery re-writes Irish archaeology
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There are many crimes in ancient Greek myths. This story is about a terrible crime committed by forty-nine maidens, who were later punished for
MessageToEagle.com – On March 21, 1916, Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) played 105 boards simultaneously during an exhibition held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was
MessageToEagle.com – During excavations at the Cantalouette site in southwestern France , archaeologists have discovered a 35,000 – 31,000-year old Aurignacian art object. This object, depicting a bird, contributes
MessageToEagle.com – About 1,000-year-old small gilt bronze buckle that once held a petticoat together has been found buried with a woman in a Viking grave in Enghøj in west Denmark.
MessageToEagle.com – Prehistoric stone circles keep many secrets and fascinate ordinary people and researchers. One of the circles that has long been a puzzle, is located about 37 km
MessageToEagle.com – On March 20, 1916, Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) submitted his “Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity” for publication in the journal ‘Annals of Physics’ (Annelen Der
MessageToEagle.com – Stone of Destiny is more popularly known as the Stone of Scone. It is an enigmatic block of sandstone, which was used for centuries in the coronation
MessageToEagle.com – On March 19, 1697, Tsar Peter the Great left Moscow to travel to Western Europe. He was the first Tsar to leave his country in peacetime and ‘opened a
MessageTo Eagle.com – On March 18 (or 19), 1314, Jacques de Molay, last grand master of the Knights Templars, an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades, was burned at the stake.
MessageToEagle.com – A large number of skeletons More than 100 skeletons, along with swords, spears and other possessions have been unearthed at the site in Pocklington, east Yorkshire. Archaeologists
MessageToEagle.com – Radar Survey suggests 90pct chance another tomb behind Tutankhamun’s burial chamber The Japanese radar survey that suggests the existence of additional chambers behind the north and west
MessageToEagle.com – On March 17, 1880, Captain Lawrence “Titus” Oates, an English cavalry officer with the 6th Dragoons, and later an Antarctic explorer, was born in London. He died
