MessageToEagle.com – This remarkable limestone slab dated to around 2300 BC, was probably intended to hang the slab to the wall in the ritual part of the shrine. Perforated
MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400
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 – King Henry VIII is today often remembered for his many marriages. He also played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country into a Protestant
MessageToEagle.com – There are still many un-deciphered ancient scripts scientists try to learn more about. Among them is the mysterious Isthmian script, also been referred to as “epi-Olmec”, based
MessageToEagle.com – The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – The Bayeux Tapestry is an impressive example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, duke of Normandy,
MessageToEagle.com – During excavations at the Early Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire, an 11,000 year old engraved, small fragile pendant was discovered by a research team
MessageToEagle.com – On August 25, 1939, archaeologists working at a Paleolithic site called Stadelhole (“stable cave”) at Hohlenstein (“hollow rock”) in the Lone valley, southern Germany, uncovered hundreds of
MessageToEagle.com – The Tabula Peutingeriana is a huge, six meters long parchment scroll that depicts the road network of the Roman Empire. It is the only Roman world map
MessageToEagle.com – The Sharkalishharri cylinder seal, as many other similar objects from the Uruk period, is an impressive example of the technical performance and the complex motives presented on
MessageToEagle.com – Located at the National Museum of Scotland, the mysterious Ballachulish figure is a roughly life-sized figure of a female carved from a single piece of alder, with
MessageToEagle.com – In 1985, while walking along the long sandy shore at Scar on the north-western coast of the island of Sanday, a local farmer, the late John Dearness,
Angus Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Herbal medicine was considered complementary medicine in ancient Egypt and it played a key role in society. Ancient Egyptian scrolls document natural herbs
MessageToEagle.com – A strange artifact was found in 1847 in a bog in Balkåkra a village in south of Skåne, near the town Ystad, Sweden. The object suggests some
MessageToEagle.com – The stone, a solid pink granite boulder, measures 0.5 x 1.68 x 0.36m and weighs c.670kg. It was incised with odd carvings on two adjoining faces by the Picts
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – One of the most intriguing ancient documents representing Sumerian literature is the Sumerian King List, produced at the end of the third millennium BC (most
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – “Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers,” says the Bible book of Proverbs 22:28. Boundary markers for property are a very
MessageToEagle.com – This artifact is very small. It is only 7 cm (2 3/4 in) high. It is known as the Bimaran Casket and it is made of gold. The artifact, probably
MessageToEagle.com – These curious male and female figurines from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan have long puzzled researchers. They simply defy explanation. Once, they were admired and
MessageToEagle.com – Astonishing Norse jewelry discovered in hoards and burial sites reveal Vikings were highly skilled craftsmen. Viking jewelry was beautifully made and it’s still reproduced today in modern
MessageToEagle.com – An impressive marble statue of a ram, an ancient Christian symbol for Jesus, was discovered on Christmas Eve during the excavation of a Byzantine-period church in Caesarea, the
MessageToEagle.com – This amazing lioness-woman sculpture is considered one of the oldest artifacts of Mesopotamia. The so-called ‘Guennol Lioness’ is an Elamite figure believed to have been created
MessageToEagle.com – Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet – Phaistos Disk. The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian
MessageToEagle.com – A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture is well-preserved and dates
